Iran's hardliners employ female 'hijab enforcers' to spy on bare-headed women ... trends now
Iran's hardliners have employed female 'hijab enforcers' to spy on bare-headed women and bundle them into vans for interrogation amid a new crackdown.
The new enforcers, dressed in black from head to toe, have been ordered to stand on the streets of cities in Iran over the past three weeks, patrolling cafes, restaurants, supermarkets, metro stations and universities.
It comes after a number of recent videos showed officials stalking the streets of Iran looking for women in breach of the Islamic Republic's dress code laws, with one clip showing a woman being bundled into the back of a white van.
Women discovered without a headscarf on, or found to be wearing fitted trousers, are approached and sent to the morality police. Then, patrol locations are decided and assigned to the enforcers by the Iranian authorities.
The crackdown follows protests that swept the country in 2022 after the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who was arrested by the morality police for wearing her headscarf 'improperly'.
Footage shows an Iranian 'hijab enforcer' confronting women for wearing fitted trousers
Iran's morality police have intensified their enforcement of the country's draconian hijab restrictions in several cities over the past week, with footage (pictured) emerging from the country of officers rounding up women and bundling them into white vans
Amini went into a coma after being arrested in Tehran and died while she was in police custody in hospital.
Her father has said she had bruises on her legs, and held police responsible for her death.
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