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 ...

After the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo launched a cartoon contest to mock Iran’s ruling cleric, a state-backed ...

The ”Morality Police“, or Irshad Patrol, has been subject to international sanctions for the repression of the population during the protests, particularly Tehran bureau chief Ahmad Mirzaei.

There’s a sense that the harsh punishments has squelched resistance, but sources in Iran say the rebellion isn’t over. The ...

Yet instead, we seem to be becoming exactly what the women of Iran are bravely and valiantly fighting against: a growing ...

Acclaimed Iran filmmaker and political dissident Jafar Panahi was released from prison Friday after months behind bars. News of Panahi’s release, first reported by Iranian independent journalist ...

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows damage on the roof of an Iranian military workshop, center, after a drone ...

STORY: Iran's clerical rulers have faced widespread unrest since Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the morality police on ...

Since Background Briefing’s November investigation into surveillance of the Iranian diaspora in Australia, it’s received ...

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 ...