Iran’s morality police return in new campaign to force Islamic dress on women
Iranian authorities announced a new campaign to force women to wear Islamic headscarves on Sunday and morality police returned to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests.The morality police had largely retreated following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September, as authorities struggled to contain mass protests calling for the overthrow of the theocracy that has ruled Iran for more than four years. decades.The protests largely subsided earlier this year after a heavy crackdown in which more than 500 protesters were killed and nearly 20,000 detained, according to Norway-based rights…
