HORRIFIC videos have shown Iran’s twisted “Morality Police” kidnapping women off the streets in its latest draconian dress code crackdown.
Those who break Tehran’s laws can be sexually assaulted, electrocuted and beaten for infractions as minor as wearing jeans in public.
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Video from Tehran shows a woman surrounded by about a dozen police officers, with two women hitting her in the face and two men dragging her into a van.
In another, a woman is heard asking, “Let me get dressed [my headscarf]”while a police officer attacks her.
Under the code name “Noor”, which means “light” in Farsi, the Islamic Republic has begun a massive new crackdown on anyone who disobeys its strict dress restrictions for women.
The latest tough restrictions came into force on April 13, just hours before Iran launched hundreds of drones and suicide missiles at Israel.
Online media outlets were also targets of repression. Numerous women who spoke out about their experiences were detained by police and hundreds of Instagram posts were taken down.
Even more surprising is that some women appear to have joined the backward police force, with young Iranians calling them “bats.”
Women who work with authorities are most often seen wearing the full hijab, which is considered by Iranian leaders to be the most modest style of clothing.
They are part of a new watchdog group called “Ambassadors of Kindness” from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is helping to enforce strict restrictions and silence criticism, an expert said. Sky News.
Iranian women told The Telegraph about being sexually assaulted and having their access to public places such as universities, cafes and metro stations restricted because they do not wear a headscarf or wear tight trousers.
The death of Mahsa Amini
Women have increasingly gone public without a headscarf since the death, in September 2022, of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who was detained for wearing her hijab “inappropriately”.
The 37-year-old man reportedly died in police custody after being arrested.
But the circumstances surrounding his death remain controversial, with contradictory reports from authorities and activists.
Her case highlighted issues related to women’s rights and police brutality in Iran.
After Amini’s death, there were protests across the country and the white vans of the morality police temporarily disappeared.
But now they have returned in furious force.
Iranian police chief Ahmadreza Radan said Tuesday that the latest crackdown will be carried out with “force and precision.”
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Numerous Iranians claim that this specific moment was chosen due to a shift in global focus.
A 25-year-old civil engineering student in Karaj told The Telegraph on condition of anonymity: “I was approached by a group of plainclothes police at around 5pm last Wednesday as I was walking on the pavement towards home.
“I had my scarf hanging loosely around my neck, ready to be pulled if I found them, but it all unfolded too quickly for me to react.
“One of them, with a long beard, called and requested that a van be taken to the location.
“Shortly after, he started touching me inappropriately. He was touching my breasts and telling me ‘Isn’t this what you wanted by coming out like this? Enjoy it then’. It was the worst moment of my life.”
She added: “I tried to resist, but another grabbed me by the hair and threw me to the ground.
“Feeling helpless, I tried to scream and ask for help, but there was no one there. I got up, but someone else grabbed my shirt and threw me to the ground again.”
Imprisoned women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize last year, called the situation an “all-out war on women”.
In a voicemail from the notorious Evin prison, she said: “Today, the authoritarian religious government, driven more by desperation than force, has unleashed an all-out war against women on every street in the country.”
Academic institutions and cafeterias were also affected.
In protest against new regulations at universities, more than 200 students at Tehran’s Amirkabir University went on strike on Sunday and skipped classes.
DEATH OF TEENAGE PROTESTER
This comes after a leaked document revealed how an Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran’s security forces.
Nine days after disappearing from an anti-regime protest in 2022, the body of 16-year-old Nika Shakarami was discovered.
She committed suicide, according to the government.
But the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the security organization that defends the country’s Islamic system, summarized a hearing into Nika’s case in a “Highly Confidential” report.
The names of his killers and the superior commanders who tried to hide the facts are mentioned in it, the BBC reports.
The secret document also describes disturbing information about what happened in the back of a secret van while Nika was detained by security agents.
This includes a man molesting Nika while sitting on her and the teen fighting back, kicking and swearing while handcuffed and restrained.
She also mentions the men who beat her with a bat in a written admission.
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