The fate of the instrument of repression known as Gasht-e-Ershad (escort patrols, the vice squad) was decided last December, when the Attorney General announced its closure. Iran was under fire after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Ahmini. But hundreds of deaths and thousands of arrests later, the feared and hated police force returned to action in July. A few days ago, deputies passed a law hijab and chastity, which defined the punishment framework for offenders. Last Sunday, history repeated itself when 16-year-old Armita Geravand was left in a coma after an altercation with the vice squad.
The young Kurdish Mahsa, also known as Jina, fell into a coma during her arrest by the vice squad in the capital’s metro in September last year. Just as Mahsa had not submitted to the dress code that forces young girls and women to wear clothes hijab (Islamic veil) To completely cover her hair, Armita entered the Tehran metro without a scarf.
Source: DN
