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Tag: morality police
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The Revival of Compulsory Hijab
Iran’s quiet reactivation of compulsory hijab mechanisms—morality police, service denial, and informal bill enforcement—deepens state control over women, violates core human rihts rights, and…
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Iranian Women Face Mounting Penalties Over Hijab Resistance
Iranian women are enduring severe repercussions for resisting mandatory hijab laws, extending beyond physical and verbal harassment to include significant financial burdens. The recent…
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Hear Our Voices from Inside the Guidance Patrol Vans!
Since the Saturday that the Islamic Republic had promised, women have been writing. Social networks these days, alongside bitter narratives of violence and the…
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Iranian Authorities Launch “Nour” Plan to Enforce Hijab Across the Country
In continuation of government plans to intensify pressures and harassment of women, the “Nour” plan to confront “women without hijab” was implemented across Iran…
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What Happened to 16-year-old Armita Geravand?
Informed sources have told Zamaneh that Armita Geravand, the 16-year-old student who “lost consciousness” in the metro at Shohada Station in Tehran and was…
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Cartoon of the Week: Women in Iran vs. the Morality Police
The Islamic Republic’s Morality Police has yet again returned to the streets of Iran, this time launching a new wave of arrests and unusual…
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Navvab Security Ranger Company: Quds Conquerors or Suppressors of the People?
The Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is one of the main parts in the Islamic Republic’s repression machine. This military-security institution has recently mentioned new…
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“Woman, life, freedom”: Protests in Iran Against Government Murder of Mahsa Amini
Protests broke out in Divandare, Tehran, Rasht, Mashhad, Paveh, Karaj, Marivan, Isfahan and other cities in Iran.
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Rohani reacts to prospect of undercover morality police
The Rohani administration has reacted to the announcement that the police department plans to deploy secret police to monitor the public’s social behaviour. On…
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Women’s issues advisor says mothers fear “morality police”
Shahidokht Molaverdi, the Iranian president’s advisor on women and family affairs, says the new plan to deploy 7,000 “undercover morality police” on the streets…
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Public demand cited as reason for undercover morality policing
The Tehran police chief says the deployment of undercover morality police has been initiated due to public demand. Hossein Sajedinia said on Wednesday April…
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Subtle Presence of Morality Police
Reza Jozani