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Iran's morality police return in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress on women

Women shop in the old main bazaar of Tehran, Iran, in October 2022. Iranian police have announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality police returned to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests.

The morality police had largely pulled back following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September, as authorities struggled to contain mass protests calling for the overthrow of the theocracy that has ruled Iran for over four decades.

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