Iran abolishes 'morality police' after anti-government protests

Dec 04, 2022

Iran's Attorney General Mohammad Javad Montazeri said that the morality police "was abolished by the same authorities who installed it."

UN expresses concern on morality law, says "Distressing vision for Afghanistan's future"

Aug 25, 2024

In a statement released on Sunday, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said, "UNAMA is concerned by the promulgation by Afghanistan's de...

Months after nationwide arrests, Iran’s ‘morality police’ returns with stricter Hijab rules

Jul 17, 2023

Months after the nationwide arrests that were carried out after the Anti-Hijab protests, Iran has relaunched patrols by the ‘morality police’ in a bid...

Iran: 22-yr-old woman, Mahsa Amini, dies after arrest by 'Morality Police'

Sep 16, 2022

Tehran [Iran], September 17 : Controversy sparked on social media after a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, died after falling into a coma following her...

"Politics without morality is hypocrisy": Ex Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik on 91st birth anniversary of Harischandra Baxipatra

Nov 18, 2024

Former Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said that politics without morality is hypocrisy while emphasising that...

"Mahsa Amini was not killed, she passed away": Iranian deputy foreign minister

Nov 24, 2022

Iran is facing one of the biggest shows of dissent in recent history following the death in September of the Kurdish-Iranian woman detained by...