Iranian official signals suspension of morality police amid protests
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Iranian official signals suspension of morality police amid protests : The Guidance Patrol — in whose custody Mahsa Amini died, sparking protests — has been ...
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Iran says hijab law is under review, as state media dismisses claims feared morality police has been abolished
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Iran says hijab law is under review, as state media dismisses claims feared morality police has been abolished
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