On second anniversary of the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini Iranian President Massoud Peseschkian has promised against attacks by the morality police against women to proceed.
“The morality police should not confront the women. I will make sure that she (she) is not harassed“, said the reform-minded president, elected in July, at his first press conference on Monday. Even the Attorney General declared that the authority had no right to harass women.
The 22-year-old Amini was on September 16, 2022 after their Arrest by the Iranian morality police diedThe young Kurdish woman was arrested because of a alleged violation of the strict Islamic dress code been taken away.
Her death triggered months-long Protests Hundreds of people were killed, including dozens of security forces. Thousands of people were arrested.
Peseschkian had the Amini’s death sharply criticized and promised during the election campaign that To remove moral police from the streetsThe authority is responsible, among other things, for enforcing the headscarf ban for women.
The new president also announced on Monday a Relaxation of Internet blocksespecially online services. During the protests in 2022, Tehran blocked the most commonly used networks Instagram and Whatsapp, later followed by Youtube, Facebook, Telegram, X and Tiktok.
With regard to the Relations with the USA Peseschkian said Iran would not fight against the country, if it respects Iran’s rights. “It is not us who are hostile. We have not built weapons bases around their land“, he said.
Furthermore, Peseschkian assured that Iran does not seek nuclear weapons“We have adhered to the agreement,” the US broke it and forced Iran to act, he stressed.
Peseschkian is the successor of May at a Helicopter crash lost their lives ultra-conservative President Ebrahim Raisi. (AFP)
