Tehran police chief has deployed 7,000 officers for a new plainclothes division... Critics fear the unit’s main focus will be enforcing the government-mandated Islamic dress code, which requires women be modestly covered from head to toe.

Undercover squad may mean more covering up for Tehran women https://t.co/Cnw3Q7LESb

— Boston Herald (@bostonherald) April 27, 2016

Tehran resident Sousan Heidari has stopped letting her headscarf slip casually down over her neck and shoulders while driving in the Iranian capital. These days, the 22-year-old with a taste for bold makeup makes sure to pull it tightly over her dark hair, fearful of running afoul of a newly established undercover division of the morality police.