Iran Denies Reports of Dissolution of ‘Morality Police’

The hijab rule is part and parcel of the regime’s ideology, and backing out now would make the regime look weak and invite further public demands. 

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An Iran team supporter cries as she holds a shirt that reads 'Mahsa Amini' prior to the start of the World Cup group B soccer match between Wales and Iran, at Al Rayyan, Qatar. AP/Alessandra Tarantino

Iranian state-controlled media Sunday denied reports that a hijab-enforcing unit, popularly known as the morality police, has been dismantled following breathless declarations in the western media that the Tehran regime is caving to months of public protests by Iranian feminists and their supporters.

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