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The Guidance Patrol, commonly called the "morality police", is a vice squad/Islamic religious police in the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran, established in 2005 with the task of arresting people who violate the Islamic dress code, usually concerning the wearing by women of hijabs covering their hair. [6] [7] [8]
Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran Public Security Police of FARAJA ( Persian : پلیس امنیت عمومی فراجا , Polis-e Amniat-e Omumi-ye Faraja ) or simply Security Police ( Persian : پلیس امنیت , Polis-e Amniat ), is a domestic security agency and law enforcement agency in Iran .
International Police of NAJA (Persian: پلیس بینالملل ناجا) is part of Law Enforcement Command of Islamic Republic of Iran in charge of extradition and tasked to cooperate with INTERPOL. [1] Brigadier General Hadi Shirzad is currently head of the department. [2] The department is a National Central Bureau since 28 February ...
As the Sept. 16 anniversary of Amini's death approaches, Iran's new reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian has promised to ease enforcement of the headscarf law. But the murky details of Badri's ...
Iranian Police Special Units were established in 1991, after the disbanding of the previous law enforcement forces and the establishment of the then-Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran. [3] The Special Units, with roots in the Islamic Revolution Committees, [4] were led by Mojtaba Abdollahi from their establishment until 2012. [3]
Police in Iran shut down the Turkish Airlines office in the capital of Tehran, Iranian media reported Tuesday, after female employees there apparently refused to wear the mandatory headscarf, or ...
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Since the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution, Iranian law has required that all women in Iran wear a hijab that covers their head and neck, and conceals their hair. [5] In the 1980s, the Islamic Revolution Committees served the function of the Islamic religious police in Iran. In 2005, the Guidance Patrol became its successor organization.