Was Iran’s Morality Police Really Abolished? What We Know

This week, international media reports quoted Iran’s attorney general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri proclaiming the state’s morality police—known for enforcing its strict dress code on women—had been “abolished.” But question marks about whether Montazeri’s comments were an accurate reflection of the Islamic Republic’s policies immediately swirled. That’s because, for many Iranians, the so-called morality police are the most visible face of the regime’s suppression of women.

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