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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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  • Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran
    "Gasht-e-Ershad," which translates as "guidance patrols" and is widely known as the "morality police," was a unit of Iran's police forces tasked with enforcing the laws on Islamic dress code in public.
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