Iran DENIES scrapping its morality police

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The hijab headscarf became obligatory for all women in Iran in April 1983, four years after the Islamic Revolution that overthrew the country's US-backed monarchy.
52% : In recent years, with changing clothing norms, it became commonplace in some parts of Iran to see women in tight jeans and loose, colourful headscarves.
48% : An Iranian police officer speaks to a women in a headscarf in Tehran (file photo, 2007)
44% : When asked about Montazeri's statement, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian gave no direct answer. 'Be sure that in Iran, within the framework of democracy and freedom, which very clearly exists in Iran, everything is going very well,' Amirabdollahian said, speaking during a visit to Belgrade, Serbia's capital.
43% : In response to subsequent reports abroad about Iran abolishing the unit, Arab-language Al-Alam state television said all that could be understood from Montazeri's comments was that the morality police was separate from the judiciary.'No official of the Islamic Republic of Iran has said that the Guidance Patrol has been shut,' CNN quoted Al-Alam as saying on Sunday afternoon, following the reports.
41% :More than 18,000 people have been arrested in the protests and the violent security force crackdown that followed, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group monitoring the demonstrations.
40% : Pictured: Protesters in Iran, September 21In a report - also carried by ISNA on Sunday - lawmaker Nezamoddin Mousavi also signalled a less confrontational approach toward the protests.
39% : Feared unit has faced fierce scrutiny after death of Mahsa Amini in custody in September, sparking a wave for protests and resulted in hundreds of deathsIran has denied scrapping its morality police after officials declared that the feared unit, whose conduct helped trigger months of protests, 'had been closed'.
39% : Iran has denied scrapping its morality police after officials declared that the feared unit whose conduct helped trigger months of protests 'had been closed'.
39% : But in recent days, Iranian state media platforms seemed to be adopting a more conciliatory tone, expressing a desire to engage with the problems faced in Iran.
32% : The anti-government demonstrations, now in their third month, have shown no sign of stopping despite a violent crackdown by Tehran.

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