Monkerat

Monkerat was the old Iranian morality police.  During their time, they didn’t allow couples to even be on the street together.   They made it their duty to arrest and interrogate mixed sex couples.  They were around from around 1974-1991.

Gashte Ershad

Gashte Ershad is the current Iranian police force that is tasked with preserving girls’ morality.  This ‘guidance patrol’  likes to harass girls that wear too much make-up, go to dark alleys and talk loudly.  This task force is mostly made up of older woman that go around scooping girls into their vans to take to the station to arrest. In general, the Gashte Ershad don’t go in restaurants or cafes.