Iran to disband morality police, says attorney general

Iran’s morality police has been disbanded, the country’s attorney general has said, following mass protesting after the death of a young woman. 

The morality police were tasked with enforcing the country’s Islamic dress code. 

Mohammad Jafar Montazeri’s comments have not yet been confirmed by other agencies. 

Mass protesting across Iran has been happening for months now as men and women took to the streets to condemn the death of a young woman in custody. 

Mahsa Amini, 22, had been detained by the morality police for allegedly breaking strict rules on head coverings.

Mr Montazeri was asked at a religious conference if the morality police were being disbanded. 

“The morality police had nothing to do with the judiciary and have been shut down from where they were set up,” he said.

He also told the Iranian parliament that the law that requires women to wear hijabs will be looked at. 

The protests have been labelled as “riots” by authorities and have swept across the country. Amini’s death may have been the catalyst for the mass unrest but it also followed discontent over poverty, unemployment, inequality, injustice and corruption.