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Iran abolishes morality police

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Re: Iran abolishes morality police

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Post by squaredot »

inglor_cz wrote: post #2

Does anyone trust this blood-soaked regime as far as any meaningful change goes? If the protests subside, there will be Totally Not The Old Morality Police 2.0 established in no time.

I agree, but I still see it as a win: it shows that the government feels like some concessions are needed, even if those are mere signaling (and a morality police 2.0 will replace the current one).

Re: Iran abolishes morality police

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Post by sharikous »

That's significant. The ayatollahs came to power thanks to big popular support (audio cassettes of khomeini). Now a popular uprising is specifically against religious restrictions. In the meantime empirically the army has all the power of the sword.

That's a step towards sidelining the ayatollahs. I guess we will see if it will evolve toward a military dictatorship (as I predict), a democracy, or the existing religious regime will manage to keep the power.

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