\nAfter the video spread like wildfire over the internet, the head of Iran’s judiciary, Sadeq Larijani said<\/a>\u00a0that the morality police \u201cmust not retreat a single step\u201d or apologize, highlighting \u201cit was the girl who started beating the female police officer and not vice versa.\u201d The hardliner media outlets confirmed Larijani\u2019s remark, asserting that the video is fabricated to \u201cincite sedition.\u201d But Larijani did not stop here, he bashed harshly the young girl saying, \u201c anyone violates the law must be sued. The [morality] police must be adhered to its position, otherwise breaking the law will be common amongst people, jeopardizing the security and stability of this country.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2666\u00a0<\/span>Widespread criticism<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Some state officials and parliament members objected the use of force by the morality police against women. Massoumeh Ebtekar, vice president in charge of women’s affairs, condemned the violence of the police and wrote on Twitter: \u201cThe police brutality is unacceptable.\u201d Laya Joneydi, the vice president for legal affairs, said<\/a>\u00a0\u201cthis is a blatant violation of the constitution, which protects human dignity of all people regardless of their crimes. . .No one has a right to violate the dignity and human rights of others. . .The female officer shall be subject to investigation.\u201d The Minister of Interior, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli assured that this situation will be investigated calling on women to be confined to the social rules.\u201d<\/p>\n The Iranians expressed<\/a> their rage and anger through social media, speaking out that the morality police use excessive violence and brutality against innocent people just like ISIS. Maryam Asfandyar, human rights activist, said \u201cthis incident was taped, there are hundreds of women who are daily vulnerable to police brutality, but nobody hears about them!\u201d She confirmed the fact that the morality police is above the law and cannot be sued because the regime itself \u201ccover up their crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n Farah, 26 young lady working at a bank, said that she was beaten and arrested by the female officers. \u201cAs I was going to my work, I was stopped by the morality police over my short- sleeve shirt. After a verbal altercation, one of the female officer tried to pull me, by force, to the car. But I resisted.\u201d Farah did not make it; she was arrested eventually. Her father was called on by the police station where he was roughly offended\u2014 but he remained as silent as the grave, so he would not be arrested too.<\/p>\n \u2666\u00a0<\/span>The fruit of the 1979 revolution<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The morality police is a branch of the Basij formed after the revolution. It was established to protect the Islamic dress code for women and supervise the public behavior of both citizens and visitors in Iran. And men are not even allowed to have the so-called Western style haircuts. \u2666\u00a0<\/span>Inciting the regime<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Roughly speaking, most of the Iranians face endless police interventions in their everyday life. They see the morality police as tool the regime use to monitor their private life. Here, women are the most vulnerable to the police abuse. Actually, the morality police is driven and fueled by the regime and its clerics. One of the most prominent clerics in Qom Ja’far Sobhani said<\/a> that strict measures shall be carried out against those women who are not committed to the \u2018proper\u2019 Islamic dress codes (covering their hair completely) and called on the morality police to remain strict and use force even if this would lead to complete lawlessness.<\/p>\n \u2666\u00a0<\/span>Smartphone application to escape morality police<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\nMany morality police vans patrol the streets day and night. They are empowered to impose fines and arrest any woman violating the Islamic regulations set by the Iranian regime. More than 7000 morality police officers are deployed across Tehran, said former Tehran police chief in 2016.<\/p>\n
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