Tehran’s ‘morality police’ return to beating young Iranian women over flouting dress codes
‘They cannot do anything with Israel, so instead they harass us’
Iranian women are being sexually assaulted, tasered and beaten by Tehran’s “morality police” in a fresh crackdown on those flouting the country’s strict dress codes.
Multiple videos posted online show women being bundled into the back of vehicles for infractions as minor as wearing a coat that is too short or too colourful.
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