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Guidance Patrol

<p>The <b>Guidance Patrol</b> (<a href="/en/Persian_language" title="Persian language" class="wl">Persian</a><span>: </span><span dir="rtl">گشت ارشاد</span><span>, </span><small about="#mwt19"><a href="/en/Romanization_of_Persian" title="Romanization of Persian" class="wl">romanized</a>:<span>&nbsp;</span></small><span><i lang="fa-Latn">gašt-e eršâd</i></span>) or <b>morality police</b><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> is an <a href="/en/Islamic_religious_police" title="Islamic religious police" class="wl">Islamic</a> <a href="/en/Religious_police" title="Religious police" class="wl">religious police</a> force and <a href="/en/Vice_squad" title="Vice squad" class="mw-redirect wl">vice squad</a> in the <a href="/en/Law_Enforcement_Command_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran" class="wl">Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran</a>. The Guidance Patrol enforces <a href="/en/Sharia" title="Sharia" class="wl">Sharia</a>—<a href="/en/Islam" title="Islam" class="wl">Islamic</a> law—per laws in Iran; this is most often the enforcement of Islamic <a href="/en/Dress_code" title="Dress code" class="wl">dress code</a>, such as ensuring women in the country wear <a href="/en/Hijab" title="Hijab" class="wl">hijabs</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-a2_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-a2-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> The Guidance Patrol was formed in 2005 as a successor organisation to the older <a href="/en/Islamic_Revolution_Committees" title="Islamic Revolution Committees" class="wl">Islamic Revolution Committees</a>, and reports to the <a href="/en/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran" title="Supreme Leader of Iran" class="wl">Supreme Leader</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-auto2_5-0"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span></p>

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