Guidance Patrol

Guidance Patrol (), or morality police, 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. 

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.

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Category:Islamic law
Category:Islamic dress
Category:Controversies
Category:Clothing controversies
Category:Women's rights
Category:Human rights abuses in Asia
Category:2005 establishments
Category:2000s establishments in Iran
Category:2022 in Iran
Category:Organisations based in Iran