Iran‘s Attorney General said Saturday that the country’s controversial morality police will be “abolished,” local media reported, amid ongoing nationwide protests.
Montazeri's brief and unscripted comment came in response to a question about “why the morality police were being shut down,” the outlets reported.
Iran’s Interior Ministry and police have not commented on the status of the morality police.
Amini had allegedly failed to fully cover her hair and defied the country’s strict dress codes when she was arrested in Iran’s capital, Tehran.
Police had said Amini died after she fell ill and slipped into a coma, but her family has said witnesses told them officers beat her.