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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > Iran Protests: Rock the Casbah Redux
 
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Jasper Tin Neck
Nov 14, 2008


"Scientifically proven, rich and creamy."

Nenonen posted:

what's going on

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/4/iran-prosecutor-general-signals-morality-police-suspended

This seems like a sort of victory, but it's not yet clear if this is a permanent change. It's also totally insufficient after HUNDREDS have died in protests. Hopefully it's a sign that the regime's power is cracking and they will rather ease the pressure instead of going full Tiananmen.

It's a smaller step that it seems. The Gasht-e-Ershad or morality police forces were only established in 2006 by the Ahmadinejad administration to harass people who dress too casually or behave in other ways the ultraconservatives deem inappropriate. As I understand, they're not particularly deeply integrated in the state security apparatus, but rather auxiliaries to the regular police.

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