根据伊斯兰共和国的法律，伊朗妇女仍将被要求戴头巾，即使该国政府决定废除负责执行着装规定的宗教警察。
伊朗司法部长穆罕默德·贾法尔·蒙塔泽里周六宣布，该国的道德警察已经解散，并补充说，司法系统将继续监督人们在该国的行为。
但是在周日，阿拉姆新闻伊朗国家媒体的阿拉伯语频道在周日的一篇短文中否认了司法部长关于结束道德警察的评论。
此外，蒙塔泽里周四宣布，伊朗议会和文化革命最高委员会正在研究盖头的话题，结果将在15天后公布。
然而，还不清楚政府的这些举措会带来什么变化。这些声明并不意味着伊朗强制性的头巾统治已经结束，因为根据伊斯兰共和国的法律，戴头巾仍然是强制性的。
Iranian women watch their national soccer team play against the United States in the World Cup at a cultural center, Nov. 30, 2022, in Tehran, Iran.
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道德警察只是该政权执行妇女必须戴头巾的法律的执法部门之一。所有国家机构和商场以及公园和其他公共场所都有“安全”办公室，由情报部管理。这些办公室的主要任务之一是监测妇女的头巾。道德警察是在街上逮捕妇女的巡逻车的名字。
即使宗教警察将被废除，抗议者和活动人士一直警告说，当局很可能会更名为道德警察，这项任务将很快以另一个名字回归——因为道德警察本身就是前警察部门名称“Sar-allah Patrol”的更名任务
妇女在许多其他方面受到控制，以遵守这一法律。女孩从7岁开始，如果不穿被认为合适的衣服，就不能上学。如果女病人不戴头巾，医院就不让她们住院。如果妇女不遵守头巾法，她们在银行或任何其他组织都得不到任何服务。
宣布取消宗教警察的三个月前，伊朗发生了致命的示威游行全世界的抗议这可能表明政府屈服于全球压力。
9月16日，伊朗妇女Mahsa Amini因被指控没有正确遵守着装规范而被捕，几天后死在医院。
阿米尼的死引发了妇女们的抗议，她们冒着生命危险在公共场合摘掉头巾，剪掉头发。
据非政府组织称，自抗议开始以来，至少有448人被杀，其中包括60名儿童，尽管由于难以获得死亡证明，真实数字被认为更高伊朗人权。
抗议的目标还包括伊朗最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊，他们打出了“独裁者去死”和“哈梅内伊去死”的口号。
据估计，全国有14，000人，包括许多记者和学生，因与示威活动有关的指控而被捕联合国上个月宣布。
Iran's morality police status unclear, but wearing the hijab is still mandatory for Iranian women
Women in Iran will still be required to wear the hijab under Islamic Republic law, even if the country's government decides to abolish the religious police who were in charge of enforcing the dress code.
Iranian Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri announced on Saturday the country's morality police had been dismantled, adding that the judicial system will keep monitoring people's behavior in the country.
But on Sunday,Alalam News, the Arabic outlet of the Iranian state media, denied the attorney general’s comment on ending the morality police in a short piece on Sunday.
In addition, Iran's parliament and the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution are studying the topic of hijab, and the result will be announced in 15 days, Montazeri announced on Thursday.
However, it is unclear how things will change as a result of these moves by the government. The announcements do not indicate that the mandatory hijab rule in Iran is over, as wearing the hijab is still mandatory under Islamic Republic law.
Morality police were just one of the enforcement arms for the regime to implement the law of mandatory hijab for women. There are "security" offices in all state organizations and malls, as well as parks and other public places, that are manned and managed by the intelligence ministry. One of the major tasks of these offices is to monitor women's hijabs. Morality police was the name of the patrolling vans that would arrest women on the streets.
Even if the religious police were to be abolished, protesters and activists have been warning that it's very likely authorities will rebrand the morality police and the mission will be back in no time under another name --as the morality police was itself a rebranded mission of a former police division name "Sar-allah Patrol."
Women are controlled in many other ways to abide with this law. Girls -- from the age of seven -- are not admitted at school if they do not wear clothes that are deemed proper. Women patients are not admitted at the hospitals if they do not wear a hijab. Women do not receive any service at the banks or any other organizations if they don't follow the hijab laws.
The announcement to eliminate the religious police comes three months after deadly demonstrations in Iran -- as well asprotests all over the world-- which could be an indication that the government is bowing down to global pressure.
On Sept. 16, Iranian woman Mahsa Amini died in the hospital days after she was arrested for allegedly not adhering to the dress code correctly.
Amini's death ignited protests among women who risked their lives by ripping off their hijabs and cutting their hair in public.
At least 448 people, including 60 children, have been killed since the protests began, though the true number is believed to be higher because of the difficulty in accessing death certificates, according to NGOIran Human Rights.
The protests are also targeting the head of the regime, Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with slogans such as "Death to dictator" and "Death to Khamenei."
An estimated 14,000 people across the country, including many journalists and school children, have been arrested on charges related to demonstrations, theUnited Nationsannounced last month.
