Iran protesters call for strike, prosecutor says morality police shut down

State media distance themselves from claim ‘morality police’ have been shut down after Mahsa Amini death

A woman reacts near a drawing depicting Mahsa Amini. Picture: Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Protesters in Iran called on Sunday for a three-day strike this week, stepping up pressure on authorities after the public prosecutor said the morality police whose detention of a young woman triggered months of protests had been shut down.

There was no confirmation of the closure from the Interior Ministry which is in charge of the morality police, and Iranian state media said Public Prosecutor Mohammad Jafar Montazeri was not responsible for overseeing the force.