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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

Iran’s ‘morality police’ return as authorities enforce hijab rule

A woman walks along a street in Tehran, with her headscarf tied around her neck [File: Atta Kenare/AFP]

Tehran, Iran – Iran has relaunched patrols by the so-called morality police as authorities escalate their efforts to enforce the country’s mandatory hijab rules.

Saeid Montazeralmahdi, the spokesperson for the Iranian law enforcement force, confirmed on Sunday that police patrols were now operational on foot and with vehicles to crack down on people whose covering is not deemed appropriate in the Islamic Republic.

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