Morality police first appeared in Iran soon after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. But similar forces were present in parts of ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran announced the dismantling of its morality police in the aftermath of Mahsa Amini's death, a woman who died while in custody after being arrested for not wearing her ...

Multiple countries have special police that enforce Islamic moral codes. Here’s how Iran’s morality police compare to other forces with the same goals. Iran’s morality police have gained ...

Iranian pop singer and songwriter Shervin Hajipour on Sunday won the first Grammy Award for Best Song for Social Change for ...

Iran’s chief prosecutor Mohamed Jafar Montazeri said on Saturday the morality police “had been closed,” the semi-official news agency ISNA reported. The agency did not provide details ...

She later added that the revolution underway in Iran now is no longer “only ... to explain first-hand her experiences with the morality police. She is one of hundreds of thousands of women ...

While no one could have predicted the flashpoint would be a routine morality police arrest, it did not come as a complete surprise to me. Throughout my years of reporting on Iran and the wider ...

First Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden announces the "Best Song For Social Change" award to Shervin Hajipour for ...

Iranians involved in anti-government protests are among those set to be released.

The pardon approved by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei came with conditions, which the measure would not apply to any of the numerous ...

On November 30, Rahmanirad, Ohadi, and Eftekharnia headed to the city of Saghez, the hometown of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman whose death after her arrest by Iran's morality police triggered ...