<p>Iran has abolished its morality police, a top official reportedly said, after months of protests set off by the death of a woman who was taken into custody for allegedly violating the country&#8217;s dress code.</p>
<p>Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri announced the decision at a religious conference on Sunday when asked if the morality police, tasked with enforcing Iran&#8217;s Islamic dress code, would be disbanded, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63850656">according to BBC Persian</a>. Iranian state media outlets <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/world/middleeast/iran-morality-police.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes">reported</a> the news late Saturday night.</p>
<p>&#8220;The morality police had nothing to do with the judiciary and have been shut down from where they were set up,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>The report stressed that control of the force sits within the jurisdiction of the interior ministry, and other agencies have not confirmed the fate of the morality police.</p>
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<p>Such a change would be a victory for women leading protests that have rocked Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was arrested by the morality police in Tehran in mid-September for allegedly violating the country&#8217;s hijab rules, part of a strict dress code imposed for men and women after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.</p>
<p>The protests, deemed &#8220;riots&#8221; by authorities in Iran, have been marked by demonstrators burning their hijabs and shouting anti-government slogans, <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221204-protest-hit-iran-abolishes-morality-police">according to AFP</a>. There have also been rallies in other countries in solidarity with the Iranian demonstrators.</p>
<p>More than 300 people have been killed during the unrest, one Iranian general recently estimated, though activists say the numbers are higher and thousands of people have been detained, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/11/28/1139625631/iran-acknowledges-more-than-300-are-dead-from-unrest-from-nationwide-protests">per the Associated Press</a>.</p>
<p>Patrols by the morality police began in 2006, though wearing a hijab has been <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/who-are-irans-morality-police/a-63200711">mandatory for women since 1983</a>.</p>
<p>Despite the apparent concession this weekend, Montazeri said the judiciary would continue to enforce &#8220;social behavior&#8221; restrictions, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/world/middleeast/iran-morality-police.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes">according to The New York Times</a>.</p>

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