Over the weekend, authorities from the Islamic Republic of Iran announced a new campaign to force young women to wear the Islamic headscarf, returning the morality police to the streets after months of protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of the morality police for her hijab wear.
According to reports, following the death of Amini last September, the morality police pulled back, as the regime sent security forces, plainclothes, and Revolutionary Guards (IRCG) forces to contain and repress the mass protests calling for the regime’s overthrow.
The protests have simmered this year following brutal crackdowns in which more than 500 protesters were reportedly killed and several thousand detained and currently awaiting execution in prison.
Despite the repression, many Iranian women continue to disregard the dress code, letting their hair out in public places throughout the country.
On Sunday, General Saeed Montazerolmahdi, a police spokesman, said the morality police would resume alerting and arresting women not wearing hijab in public.
In Tehran, the men and women of the morality police are seen patrolling the streets in marked vans.
Late Saturday, police arrested Mohammed Sadeghi, a young actor, raiding his home where he broadcast on social media a video of an Iranian woman arrested by the morality police.
"Believe me, if I see such a scene, I might commit murder," he said.
According to the Tehran municipality-affiliated website, Hamshahri Daily, the woman was arrested for encouraging people to use weapons against the morality police.
Despite condemnations from the international community and protests from ordinary Iranian Americans and Europeans, the United States and other Western governments continue to engage in nuclear negotiations in Tehran.
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