Morality Police Suspended In Iran Amid Ongoing Protests

As protests in Iran continue into their third month, the country's prosecutor general has announced that the morality police have been suspended.

The protests began following the arrest and subsequent death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was taken into custody by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly not following the country's mandatory dress code for women.

Iran's prosecutor general, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, made the announcement that the country's morality police have been suspended, according to local media reports.

Speaking at an event about the "hybrid war" during the recent protests in the country, Montazeri reportedly said that the morality police "has no connection with the judiciary and was shut down by the same place that it had been launched from in the past."

It is not clear if the suspension of the morality police is temporary or permanent, or if the law imposing the mandatory dress code will be terminated.

The morality police were tasked with enforcing the country's mandatory dress code for women, and were known to take women to "re-education" centers if they were deemed to be in violation of the code.

It was in one of these centers that 22-year-old Mahsa Amini suffered a stroke and later died in a nearby hospital.

The cause of her death is disputed, with the coroner's office claiming she died from pre-existing conditions, while her family suspects she was beaten.