things would change and that they were in listening mode. and yet now, 10 months later, it s clear that not only those promises have fallen short, but they ve been broken altogether because 10 months later, the morality police returns to the streets of iran. and this is a culmination of gradual steps the government has taken to further enforce the mandatory hijab law as it sees that the streets of iran simply don t look like they did before. women are still continuing to defy that law and are walking around with their hair uncovered. and it s highly symbolic that this announcement and this move has come just days after the country marked hijab and chastity week. and so as far as the islamic republic is concerned, not only is the mandatory hijab here to stay, but so is their crackdown on any dissent. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.
iran. the absence of the morality police was in response to that, the government trying to quell some of the anger in dissent in the country and also promised that they would be change and perhaps they would be listening mode. ten months later and was symbolically possible, it is clear any promises they made up our change had not only fallen short but there s been a complete reversal in there s been a complete reversal in the centre for the crackdown and iran of any dissent in all the symbolism is the fact that this announcement has come only days after the end of iran s chastity and his job after the end of iran s chastity and hijab the two being groups of men and women in very easily noticed because they travel in these vans that are green and white and they haven t
iran has announced that its morality police are returning to the streets, to enforce the country s mandatory hijab law. it comes ten months after of the death of a young woman, mahsa amini, in their custody. that event prompted widespread protests across the country, and led authorities to suspend the police force. 0ur reporter azadeh moshri has more. when masa amini died in the morality police custody a year ago, the whole world saw the sheer anger in the country, and part of the islamic republic s response was to remove those morality police patrols from the streets of iran. now, officials had mixed messages about whether they would be disbanded forever, but they certainly did say that things would change and that they were in listening mode. and yet now, ten months later, it s clear that not only those promises have fallen short, but they ve been broken altogether
to enforce the country s mandatory hijab law. it comes 10 months after of the death of a young woman in their custody. that event prompted widespread protests across the country, and led authorities to suspend the police force. 0ur reporter azadeh moshri has more. when masa amini died in the morality police custody a year ago, the whole world saw the sheer anger in the country, and part of the islamic republic s response was to remove those morality police patrols from the streets of iran. now, officials had mixed messages about whether they would be disbanded forever, but they certainly did say that things would change and that they were in listening mode. and yet now, ten months later, it s clear that not only those promises have fallen short, but they ve been broken altogether because ten months later, the morality police returns to the streets of iran. and this is a culmination of gradual steps the government has taken to further enforce the mandatory hijab law as it sees that the