Iran's morality police return in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress on women
![Women shop in the old main bazaar of Tehran, Iran, in October 2022. Iranian police have announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/07/16/ap23197367611525_wide-88be0597f4f02f28044eaa1e0bdf940506f97c92.jpg?s=600)
The morality police had largely pulled back following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September, as authorities struggled to contain mass protests calling for the overthrow of the theocracy.
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