The morals police will arrest us and beat us with whips.

The morals police no longer order women to cover up stray hairs.

There is always the possibility of an unexpected intrusion by the morals police, perhaps just to extort a bribe, perhaps to arrest the participants.

Cars have long been subject to searches by the morals police, although President Mohammad Khatami tried to halt that, calling vehicles private space.

So far so good with the Anna, he said, but the morals police evaluate your car, too.

It is also envisioned as a kind of morals police, upholding standards of Muslim public behavior.

The question - "Have you ever committed adultery" - seemed to turn me, and by extension my profession, into some kind of morals police.

Both male and female lower-class morals police tend to single out middle-class or foreign women.

These should include revitalizing Iran's sluggish economy, professionalizing public institutions and further loosening the grip of the morals police on daily life.

A3 Iran's morals police crack down on "vice and social corruption."