The announcement of the dissolution of the morality police in Iran at the origin of the protest movement which strikes the Islamic Republic is criticized by Westerners.
"Nothing indicates" that the situation of women in Iran will improve after the unexpected announcement of the abolition of the morality police, judged on Monday a spokesperson for the American State Department.
"Unfortunately, there is no evidence that Iranian leaders are improving the way they treat women and girls or stopping the violence they inflict on peaceful protesters," the spokesperson said, declining to "comment on ambiguous or waves" of Iranian power.
This announcement was seen as a gesture towards the demonstrators, but some Iranian human rights activists doubt its reality.
Berlin qualifies the announcement
“Iranians are taking to the streets to defend their fundamental rights.
They want to live free and autonomous and this measure, if applied, will not change that, ”said a spokeswoman for the German Foreign Ministry during a regular press briefing.
Iran's Attorney General, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, announced on Saturday evening that "the morality police (…) have been abolished by those who created it".
This announcement is akin to a gesture towards the demonstrators who have taken to the streets to express their anger since the death in custody on September 16 of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurd arrested three days earlier by the same morality police for non- observance of the dress code.
“The statements come from the Attorney General, who cannot, by virtue of his position, dissolve the morality police.
We must therefore show a certain restraint in the assessment, ”tempered Monday the spokesperson for the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andrea Sasse.
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