Guidance Patrol (Persian: گشت ارشاد, romanized: gašt-e eršād), or morality police,[1] is an Islamic religious police force in Irancreated in 2005. They arrest people who do not follow the Islamic dress code, usually women who are not covering their hair with hijabs.[2][3][4]
After protests by the Iranian people, the government temporarily stopped the Guidance Patrol. However, in 2023, they returned to the streets and began using facial recognition technology.[3]
References
change- ↑ Ghaedi, Monir (23 September 2022). "Iran's 'morality police:' What do they enforce?". DW.com. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
"Gasht-e-Ershad," which translates as "guidance patrols" and is widely known as the "morality police," is a unit of Iran's police forces tasked with enforcing the laws on Islamic dress code in public.
- ↑ Sharafedin, Bozorgmehr (20 April 2016). "Rouhani clashes with Iranian police over undercover hijab agents". Reuters. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Morality police (Iran) | Guidance Police, Gasht-e Ershad, Meaning, & Establishment | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2025-10-25.
- ↑ "Iran's morality police will not 'bother' women, president says". www.bbc.com. 2024-09-16. Retrieved 2025-10-25.
