The killing of Mahsa Amini by the police has caused a wide reaction among Iranians and even the world. The story of this murder is a reminder of all kinds of methods of repression against the people of Iran and genocide in the country. Every Iranian, upon hearing the story of Mahsa, reviews a part of himself or relatives' life in it.
The Morality Police is a massive institution of repression
The Morality Police is a repressive institution that oppresses various groups, including women and youth, with violent methods. The special patrol of this institution which is known as the Gashte Ershad (guidance patrol) is responsible for arresting people and transferring them to special detention centers. Daily observations indicate the violent behavior of the officers along with cursing and beating the arrested, of which numerous videos and reports have been published on social networks, but these are only part of the suppression process.
Those taken to detention centers may be subjected to more abuse than what is seen on the street. Morality Police Detention Center in Tehran is located in Khalid Islambouli Street , which is known as Vozara among the people. This street is named after Khalid al-Islambouli who planned and participated in the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
One of the employees of Vozara Detention Center has told me that some of detained women are raped every night in this place. According to him, they announce conditions for a person's freedom, which often requires the presence of one of the person's relatives in the detention center, such as the condition of paying a fine in the bank. In this way, the people who are "poor" are identified and have to spend the night in the detention center, in this case, most of the detainees are sexually assaulted. When I asked the employee of the detention center why you didn't report the issue to the higher authorities, the answer was that everyone knew, they agreed with these violations which was actually a reward for the officers to have more motivation to work.
Although complete sexual assault is one of the worst and most severe tortures, other tortures should not be underestimated. Stripping and touching are common tortures both during arrest and in detention centers. Verbal violence., shouting at the arrested person, harsh tone in the conversation, throwing objects and other types of torture are regularly applied. As many of the arrested said until a few days later, they had been depressed since their arrest. For some, the bitter memory of arrest and torture lingers for years and in some cases leads to mental illnesses.
- How many people are tortured by the Morality Police?
There are no reliable statistics. Only sometimes, the authorities have talked with the media about a special operation during which tens of thousands of women were treated with "bad hijab". What we do know is the Gashte Ershad (guidance patrol) are everywhere, in all cities & towns . Every day, hundreds of people can be seen in front of the Vozara, waiting for the free their relatives. When we consider that these arrests are taking place in the whole country and especially in all large cities, then it will not be an exaggeration if we estimate that several hundreds of thousands of Iranians are tortured every year by the moral security police, most of whom are women.
Where else in the world is the torture of hundreds of thousands of women per year only by one institution? However, morality police is not the only institution of repression in Iran. It is estimated that more than 15 million people were tortured by the moral police during Khamenei's rule, yes more than 15 million.
Institutions of repression in Iran
When it comes to repression in Iran, it is often referred to institutions that deal with street protests, such as Naja Special Unit, Basij , Thar-Allah Headquarters, etc., while people always face repression institutions in their work and daily life. Disciplinary committee of universities, security department in government offices and dozens of other organizations are in practice suppressing citizens. For example, special police officers visit clothing stores from time to time and considers punishments for that unit on the pretext that it offers clothes that are unconventional and against the norms of the Islamic society. In general, it can be said that for every type of activity, organization and campaign in Iran, a suppression and control unit has been established, so that people may be attacked even in their homes and at parties.
Along with the public repression devices, some forces also maneuver in the city, their organizational identity and official position is not public. These groups are called by names such as Hizbollah or Velayatmadar , etc.
- How many Iranians have been tortured or harassed by these repressive institutions?
It has become common among Iranian people that there is no one who has not been hit by this system. According to my own observations, if you ask any Iranian who is not connected to the high power pyramid where he was hit by the government, he will tell you a memory or memories. In addition, the government has not shown mercy to the insiders and upper circles in many cases and imposed punishments such as house arrest or even killing themselves or their children.
Suppression in abnormal life
Suppression and harassment of citizens by the government is applied in a situation where people's lives in Iran are accompanied by all kinds of other difficulties. Corrupt and inefficient government offices, inability of the government in times of crisis such as floods and earthquakes, inefficient medical health system, prevalence of crime and addiction, widespread poverty and hundreds of other problems that plague the people. The set of these conditions has turned life in Iran into a hell that tens of millions of people say that they want to leave the country forever if the conditions are created and thousands of Iranians go through dangerous roads by crossing the sea and mountains.
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