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by Nursie 1291 days ago
Yeah the explicit morality police were established then and may be dissolved now, but it's not going to change the behaviour of (for example) groups like the Basij, a paramilitary youth group who roam the streets enforcing 'morality' through street violence.

I don't believe this represents any real change.

(edit -- One group or another has been violently enforcing dress codes in Iran since the revolution itself, the disbanding of any particular instance of this seems of little consequence, I have Iranian family and I have heard stories dating back to that time.)

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>may be dissolved now

I doubt they will ever be dissolved by public or foreign pressure, especially since they consider the protests illegitimate.

No doubt. In fact the current speaker of the parliament clearly stated this some days ago:

[in Persian:] https://www.entekhab.ir/fa/news/701903/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%DB...