Iran’s attorney general, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, has announced that both parliament and the judiciary are working on such a review, with results expected “within a week or two,” the British newspaper reported. Watchman Saturday.

On Sunday, Iran’s ISNA news agency reported that Montazeri himself said Saturday night during a religious meeting that the hated police deputy has now been dissolved: “It has nothing to do with justice,” the ISNA news agency quoted the prosecutor as saying.New York times He described Sunday’s report as a “major victory” for the protesters, but the Interior Ministry, which includes the Vice Squad, did not confirm the Attorney General’s statement.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi hinted at relaxing the rules on Saturday. In July, Raisi called on “all government institutions” in Iran to “implement the headscarf law,” but Reuters reported on Saturday that the president had softened his stance. Although the laws are firmly enshrined in the constitution, he says, their implementation could be improved.

Mahsa Amini

Wearing the veil became compulsory in Iran in 1983. This was four years after the turmoil of 1979 in which the royal family of Shah Reza Pahlavi was overthrown and the Shiite religious leaders, the ayatollahs, assumed power. The Vice Squad began patrolling in 2006, and has become more stringent about violations of strict religious laws.

The hijab protests began when 22-year-old Mohsa Amini died after being arrested by the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice on September 13 in Tehran because her hijab did not sufficiently cover her head. Mahsa Amini was beaten and forced into a truck, according to eyewitnesses. On September 16, her parents were told that she had passed away.

Her death sparked protests across the country. Women vehemently refused to wear veils and were thrown into the fire. The protests grew and gradually turned not only against compulsory veiling, but against the complete religious rule of Ayatollah Khamenei and ayatollahs in general.

The demonstrators chanted slogans against Khamenei, calling for the abolition of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, which is charged with applying Islamic law. According to the prosecutor, this condition would have been fulfilled, but so far he is the only one who says so. Thus, the online response to the letter is currently skeptical. American-Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad spoke on Twitter of “misinformation” intended solely to silence the still-ongoing protests.

Famous People

Since September, the Iranian government has continued to use brute force against street protests. According to human rights organizations, at least 450 people were killed. More than 18,000 people have been arrested. The hardline approach did not deter the demonstrators, but rather ignited the protests. The demonstrations gradually took the form of an uprising. Many celebrities – athletes, movie stars and singers – also spoke out against the ayatollahs’ strict rule and against the suppression of the demonstrations. Iran’s national football team refused to sing the national anthem before its first match in the World Cup in Qatar.

Climber Elnaz Rekabi made world news when she conquered a climbing wall without a headscarf at a competition in South Korea on October 16. She disappeared without a trace for some time, and when she later appeared in front of cameras in Tehran, she stated that it was a “mistake” and that the veil “slipped off her head unnoticed.” Reuters reported on Saturday that the Rekabi family’s home in Zanjan province was demolished by the government — according to the province because the family did not have the correct building permit, and others suspect it was linked to the headscarf case.

A prominent Sunni cleric in Shia Iran, Mawlavi Abd al-Hamid, has called for a referendum on Islamic rule in his sermons. According to him, the protests prove that “the politics of the past 43 years have reached a dead end.” The cleric also publicly opposes the death penalty for protesters. He lives in the city of Zahedan, where his sermon on September 30 led to a large anti-government demonstration. Security forces opened fire, killing at least 66 protesters, after which the day was dubbed “Bloody Friday”.