Iran disbands morality police amid ongoing protests over Amini’s custodial death

Iran’s morality police, which is tasked with enforcing the country’s Islamic dress code, is being disbanded, the country’s attorney general says.

After two-and-a-half months of protests against the death of a girl in custody in Iran, the moral police called ‘Gasht Irshad’ has disbanded.

According to Iranian Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, the moral police has nothing to do with the judiciary, the moral police has been abolished.

He added that the Iranian judiciary and parliament are also working on possible changes to the law on women’s head coverings.

The Moral Police was created in 2006 during the regime of former Iranian President Ahmadinejad.

In September of this year, the aforementioned moral police detained 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for not covering her head.

Mehsa Amini died on September 16 of an alleged heart attack while in custody, whose death has sparked protests in Iran since September 17.