Iranian Moral Police Continue Hijab Patrol

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JAKARTA - Iranian moral police are again conducting patrols to enforce the mandatory dress that requires women to wear headscarves.

Iranian moral police spokesman Saeid Montazeralmahdi said patrols by vehicle and walk would be carried out across the country, according to the FARS State News Agency.

Reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Tuesday, July 18, the patrol resumed after being suspended for 10 months following a national protest that erupted in September 2022 regarding the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody after being arrested by a moral police officer.

More than 200 people, including security personnel, died in the riots that lasted for months after Mahsa Amini's death, according to government officials. However, a number of human rights groups said that the number was above 500 people.

There were seven people executed for being involved in the protests that continued until January. Many others are waiting for the death penalty amid widespread calls to suspend the sentence.