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Iran morality police ‘axed’

IRAN has scrapped its morality police after two months of protests triggered by the arrest and death of Mahsa Amini for violating the strict dress code, reports say.

‘Morality police have nothing to do with the judiciary’ and have been abolished, Iran’s attorney general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri was quoted as saying by the country’s semiofficial media outlet ISNA.

He also said the Iranian parliament is considering changes to the law that makes it mandatory for women to wear a headscarf.

The comments – which have not been confirmed by the official state media – are a rare sign the Islamic theocracy is making concessions due to the protests.

Morality police arrested 22year-old Miss Amini for violating the dress code. Her death in custody sparked outrage.

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