Morality police first appeared in Iran soon after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. But similar forces were present in parts of the Middle East even prior to the date.

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 ...

The 22-year-old woman fell into a coma and died in September 2022 after she was apprehended by members of Iran's notorious Gasht-e Ershad—more colloquially know as the "morality police"—for ...

A long-detained opposition leader in Iran is calling for a nationwide referendum about whether to write a new constitution ...

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 ...

"I suppose the desired result is a homogenous society where we all look alike, love alike, worship alike, read the same books and think the same thoughts," says Leslie Osborn.

STORY: Iran's clerical rulers have faced widespread unrest since Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the morality police on ...

While Iran reportedly cut back on or abolished the morality police amid the outrage, this was seen by some as a victory for activists. Others noted that Iran could step up its use of technology to ...

Iran’s theocratic government has been engaged ... woman named Mahsa Amini who was detained by the country’s morality police for not wearing a hijab while visiting Tehran and died in police ...

Iran has executed two additional people in connection with the protests that have been ongoing in the country for months, bringing the total to at least four. Iran’s Mizan news agency, which the ...