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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Protest-Hit Iran Abolishes Morality Police

Iranians walks in the street on a rainy day in the capital Tehran, on December 4, 2022. (AFP)

Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini following her arrest for allegedly violating the country's strict female dress code, an official said Sunday. 

Women-led protests, labelled "riots" by the authorities, have swept Iran since the 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin died on September 16, three days after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran. 

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