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IranAttorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said on Thursday that Iran’s parliament and judiciary are reviewing the country’s government’s policy. compulsory hijab lawaccording to reformist outlet Entekhab.
Montazeri was also quoted as saying that Iran’s feared morality police had been “abolished”, but Iranian state media strongly criticized these comments, saying the police were overseen by the Interior Ministry, not the judiciary. Stated.
CNN has reached out to the Home Office for comment.
Iranian women are now obliged to wear the hijab in public, based on strict Islamic law enforced by the country’s so-called moral police. Head covering laws spark nationwide protests after 22-year-old’s death Masa AminiHe died in police custody after being arrested by moral police for not wearing the hijab properly.
Her death on September 16 has touched the nerves of the Islamic Republic, with prominent celebrities supporting the movement. Top Iranian actor Taraneh Alidusti.
The country has been caught in a wave of mass protests first sparked by Amini’s death, and has since rallyed various grievances against the regime. Authorities have launched a deadly crackdown on demonstrators, with reports that forced detention and physical abuse were used to target the country’s Kurdish minority group.
and A recent CNN surveyundercover testimony revealed sexual violence against protesters, including boys, at Iran’s detention centers since the riots began.
Regarding the hijab method, Montazelli said: [women] Without a hijab in cities, do you think officials are silent about it? For example, yesterday we had a meeting with the Congressional Cultural Committee and we will know the results next week. Or two,” state media ISNA quotes.
However, there is no evidence to suggest any future changes to the law, which came into force after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
In response to a reporter who asked whether the country’s morality police had been disbanded, Montazeri was quoted as saying to Iranian state media: Discontinued from the same place where it was started. Of course, the judiciary will continue to monitor the behavior of society. ”
Arabic-language Al Alam state television claimed that foreign media portrayed Montazeri’s comments as “the Islamic Republic’s retreat from its stance on the hijab and religious morality as a result of the protests.” His comment was that the moral police are not directly related to the judiciary.
“However, officials in the Islamic Republic of Iran have not said the guidance patrols have been closed,” Al-Alam said on Sunday afternoon.
“Some foreign media are interpreting these words of the Attorney General as saying that the Islamic Republic is backing down on issues of hijab and modesty, and are trying to blame it on the recent riots.”
The remarks were made in Qom, a holy site for Siha Islam.