The protests in Iran aren't going anywhere after the death of Mahsa Amini while being held by the country's morality police. In what appears to be a concession, though, Iran has abolished the morality police, which enforced religious observance and public morality. Women have felt emboldened to the point of even taking on Iran's clerics. They are no longer afraid of the regime.
The New York Times reports:
The decision, reported by state news outlets late Saturday night, appeared to be a major victory for feminists who have sought for years to dismantle the force and for the protest movement ignited by the death of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, 22, in September. The unrest has amounted to one of the biggest challenges in decades to Iran's system of authoritarian clerical, rule and the decision to scrap the morality police was the government's first major concession to the protesters.
The morality police "was abolished by the same authorities who installed it," the statement by Attorney General Mohammad Javad Montazeri said, according to state media reports. But he went on to suggest that the judiciary would still enforce restrictions on "social behavior." He also indicated that the authorities were reviewing the head scarf regulations.
Yeah, it would be nice if they stopped telling women what they have to wear on their heads. At least they aren't going to kill them now for disobeying that rule. Allegedly.
