Ethics police in Iran started working again

Beginning on July 16, the Iranian ethics police restarted patrolling the country on foot and by car in an effort to control compliance with religious norms and public etiquette. This is reported by Isna, relying on a representative of the Iranian police.

In the fall of 2022, after mass protests against political and religious leadership in the country, ethics police units were not seen on the streets of Iran. Against the backdrop of large-scale protests caused by the death of 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for “improper wrapping” of his hijab and killed in a police detention center, on December 4, Iranian attorney general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said that “morality has nothing to do with the police's judicial system”and that it was “terminated”. He also claimed that the country's officials had begun work on amending the law that would force women to wrap hijabs.

In recent months, many Iranian women have silently ignored the demand for handkerchiefs in protest. In early April, Ghulam Hussein Mohseni-Ejey, the head of the Iranian judiciary, threatened to “brutally” persecute women who came out to the public without hijab.

” Such behavior is tantamount to hostility to our values, " the official said.

Women without hijabs are found using " smart cameras

In early April, it became known that the Iranian police began to install “smart cameras” in public places. According to Reuters, such devices allow the Iranian police to identify women with open heads. This is followed by “text messages warning violators of the consequences”. According to the Iranian judicial news agency Mizan, these actions are aimed at” preventing opposition to the hijab law. “