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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Deepa Parent

‘There’s no other option but to fight’: Iranian women defiant as ‘morality police’ return

Two veiled morality police approach two women wearing headscarves, one with her hair visible
Two veiled ‘morality police’ approach women on the streets of Tehran. Some Iranians say they were never really abolished. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

The return of Iran’s infamous Gasht-e-Irshad (“morality police”) has been greeted with dismay, but protesters who spoke to the Guardian said they would not be dissuaded from taking to streets again.

A police spokesperson confirmed last week that they had started patrolling the streets to deal with civilians who “ignore the consequences of not wearing the proper hijab and insist on disobeying the norms”.

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