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Iran’s Morality Police
December 13 , 2022
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- Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri hinted at the suspension of the country’s morality police after widespread protests.
- Iran’s morality police are formally known as Gasht-e-Ershad (Guidance Patrol).
- It was established to “spread the culture of modesty and hijab”, the mandatory female head covering.
- They began patrols in 2006.
- Under Sharia law – the Islamic law that governs Iran – women are required to cover their hair and wear loose-fitting clothes.
- The hijab was made mandatory for women in 1983, a few years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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