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This UGC image posted on Twitter reportedly on October 26, 2022 shows an unveiled woman standing on top of a vehicle as thousands make their way towards Aichi cemetery in Saqez, Mahsa Amini’s home town in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, to mark 40 days since her death, defying heightened security measures as part of a bloody crackdown on women-led protests. – A wave of unrest has rocked Iran since 22-year-old Amini died on September 16 following her arrest by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly breaching the country’s strict rules on hijab headscarves and modest clothing. (Photo by – / UGC / AFP) / NO USE AFTER DECEMBER 30, 2022 23:00:00 GMT – AFP
“Morality police have nothing to do with the judiciary” and have been abolished, Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri was quoted as saying late Saturday by the ISNA news agency.
Protest-hit Iran abolishes morality police
Date: 4 December 2022 10:35am WAT
A protestor waves the Iranian flag during a rally in support of the demonstrations in Iran, in Toulouse, south-western France, on December 3, 2022. - More than 200 people have been killed in Iran since nationwide protests erupted over the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, the country's top security body said on December 3, 2022. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
A protestor waves the Iranian flag during a rally in support of the demonstrations in Iran, in Toulouse, south-western France, on December 3, 2022. - More than 200 people have been killed in Iran since nationwide protests erupted over the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, the country's top security body said on December 3, 2022. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
