Unnerved by nearly three months of spreading protests, Iran’s theocratic regime may be retreating. In their first concession since demonstrations erupted in September after the death of Mahsa Amini for not wearing a “proper” hijab, Iran’s authorities have hinted at the abolition of the religious police force in whose custody she died. The defining symbol of the 43-year-old regime, epitomising the strict enforcement of sharia (Islamic law), may be slipping away.
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