Q. Gast-e-Ershad was is news recently, it is a:
Answer:
A patrolling unit
Notes:
- Gasht-e-Ershad,” which translates as “guidance patrols,” and is widely known as the “morality police”.
- They are a unit of Iran’s police force established under former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005.
- The group oversees the enforcement of Iran’s restrictions on behavior and clothing in public.
- The aim is to “spread the culture of modesty and hijab”, the mandatory female head covering.
- The morality police also bans tight trousers, ripped jeans, brightly coloured outfits and clothes exposing knees for women.
- Both men and women officials are part of the morality police.