Tehran: The Iranian government has announced the disbandment of the cultural watchdog unit ‘Qast Ershad’ due to the rampant anti-hijab protests.
Iran’s anti-hijab protesters are an example of what a moral struggle can do. Many men, women and children participated in this protest. In this case, the government of Iran has announced the cancellation of the cultural guard unit called ‘Kasth Ershad’. Attorney General Mohammad Zafar Montasari confirmed this in an interview with ISNA news agency. Responding to a question raised by an audience attending a religious conference, he said, “Cultural guards are not superior to the judiciary. So we have abolished that section.”
The women’s clothing watchdog was brought under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2006. The main task of this group is to dress women according to government regulations? Especially to monitor whether they wear hijab.
Masha Amini’s Death Changeling: In Iran, hijab is compulsory for girls as young as 9 years old to the elderly. A special police unit called ‘Kast Ershad’ patrols public places to monitor the way women dress. On September 13, a young woman named Masha Amini (22) from Sahis city, Kurdistan province of Iran, went with her family to visit a relative in the capital, Tehran. At that time, the special force police intercepted Masha and accused her of not wearing hijab properly.
Also, they arrested him and took him away in a van. He was brutally assaulted in police custody and suffered severe head injuries and went into a coma. Masha Amini passed away on September 16. Masha’s death has now sparked protests in Iran. More than 200 people have been killed in this struggle. Thousands have been arrested.
But the struggle never stopped. Iran’s team, which traveled to Qatar to play in the FIFA World Cup, boycotted the national anthem in support of women in their country’s hijab protests. In this context, the Attorney General had said yesterday that the judiciary and Parliament are working together to bring amendments to the Hijab Act. However, he did not say anything about what form this amendment would take. In this regard, a study committee held a consultation with the Parliamentary Culture Committee on Wednesday and said that the result would be known in a week or two. In this context, he announced today that the government of the country has banned the cultural police unit.