With the protest movement [6] in Iran now in abeyance, Tehran's national Police Command announced [7] July 16 that the feared "morality police" will resume patrols enforcing the mandatory wearing of the hijab [8] by the country's women. Formally known as the Guidance Patrols (Gasht-e Ershad), the force created in 2006 was that which arrested Mahsa Amini [9], a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, last September. Her death in custody three days later sparked the uprising that has now lasted for 10 months. The patrols were suspended [10] for review as the protests mounted last December. Article 638 [11] of Iran's Islamic Penal Code states that: "Women who appear in public without prescribed Islamic dress (hejab-e-shar'i), shall be sentenced to either imprisonment of between 10 days and two months, or a fine of between 50,000 and 500,000 rials." (Jurist [13], BBC News [14], MEE [15])
