Office of the Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil

"[Carries] out cultural and educational programs to institutionalize the state’s interpretations of morality and virtues."¹

Involved closely in President Raisi's harsher enforcement of hijab regulations.²

"The Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil is a government institution, responsible for determining and enforcing excessively strict behavioural models in society. In 2022, the Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil was instrumental in setting new and stricter morality codes for women that are in clear violation of their human rights. Additionally, the Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil plays a central role in setting up the monitoring and often brutal sanctioning of women and men who do not respect these codes. These strict codes are subsequently brutally enforced by the EU-listed Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) (and specifically its Morality Police). The Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran."³ 

Sources:

1. https://iranhumanrights.org/2021/10/raisi-government-to-launch-religious-vice-prevention-courses-paramilitary-community-patrols/

2. https://iranwire.com/en/women/106726-newly-published-document-details-full-scope-of-irans-new-hijab-policy

3. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.LI.2023.020.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2023%3A020I%3ATOC