Morality police first appeared in Iran soon after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. But similar forces were present in parts of ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran announced the dismantling of its morality police in the aftermath of Mahsa Amini's death, a woman who died while in custody after being arrested for not wearing her ...

Multiple countries have special police that enforce Islamic moral codes. Here’s how Iran’s morality police compare to other forces with the same goals. Iran’s morality police have gained ...

Ejei, head of Iran’s judiciary, proposed the amnesty and commutation in a letter to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali ...

Iran’s chief prosecutor Mohamed Jafar Montazeri said on Saturday the morality police “had been closed,” the semi-official news agency ISNA reported. The agency did not provide details ...

Iranian authorities have detained a journalist at a reformist publication, local media reported on February 5, as her sister, ...

STORY: Iran's Supreme Leader has pardoned "tens of thousands" of prisoners, including some arrested in recent anti-government ...

Iran's supreme leader has pardoned "tens of thousands" of prisoners including some arrested in recent anti-government ...

While no one could have predicted the flashpoint would be a routine morality police arrest, it did not come as a complete surprise to me. Throughout my years of reporting on Iran and the wider ...

A long-detained opposition leader in Iran is calling for a nationwide referendum about whether to write a new constitution ...

Iran’s supreme leader has pardoned or allowed a reduction in jail sentences for “tens of thousands” of prisoners, including ...

The pardon approved by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei came with conditions, which the measure would not apply to any of the numerous ...