Iran claims to finally abolish the Morality Police

I'm a cynic, so yeah, they're abolished on paper. They had to, especially if Iran wants to join the rest of the world. But in private? Oh you'd better believe that they're still in practice.

Still, way to go. I know Persepolis was just one view, but the more you hear about protests, the more it seems like that was a pretty widespread situation.

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Nanori · F

They're just trying to "bribe" the protestor

Magnolia21 · 22-25, F

@Nanori Pretty much. Just for appearances. And yet, it's gonna get them a lot more world attention, which could backfire if they cared.

Elessar · 31-35, M

@Nanori If so, that would be an admission that they've had to concede something to the protestors. That'd be a first step towards the end of the regime, no?

Nanori · F

@Elessar nothing ever gets better here, people aren't backing off at all, we know if we stop now morality police will come back with a new name and way worse

Elessar · 31-35, M

@Nanori I'm not saying you should stop; rather, I'm only hoping that seeing that the regime had to concede, even if just figuratively, would attract even more people to the cause and/or loyalists to the regime reconsider their allegiance. Totalitarianism cannot afford showing cracks, if they're doing it deliberately they're sorta shooting at their own feet.

So long as Khamenei is in charge of course things can't really improve, but this still seems like a step in the right direction to me, or at least a signal that the protests aren't as "weak" as many detractors would make them look like.

Nanori · F

@Elessar

Totalitarianism cannot afford showing cracks, if they're doing it deliberately they're sorta shooting at their own feet.

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