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 ...

The 22-year-old woman fell into a coma and died in September 2022 after she was apprehended by members of Iran's notorious Gasht-e Ershad—more colloquially know as the "morality police"—for ...

Sunni clerics criticizing the Islamic Republic's heavy-handed response to protests were the latest to be placed in the ...

View Comments () On Sept. 16, 2022, a young Kurdish Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini died after being arrested by Iran’s morality police for allegedly wearing her hijab incorrectly. Protests have ...

The pair, both in their early 20s, were reportedly convicted for promoting corruption and propaganda.

The news comes amid monthslong public anger that erupted after the September 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in custody after being detained by morality police ... prince of Iran and an ...

Astiyaz Haghighi and Amir Mohammed Ahmadi are a young engaged couple that are now being imprisoned for dancing together in ...

All three have been released. The protests began in mid-September, when 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died after being arrested by Iran’s morality police for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic ...

Iran’s theocratic government has been engaged ... woman named Mahsa Amini who was detained by the country’s morality police for not wearing a hijab while visiting Tehran and died in police ...