eli5 What is a “morality police” and how/if they differ from other police in Iran?

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Do they have any different police powers in Iran specifically? What is the court/prosecution system involved? Do the accused get a defence representative?

Note: I am not looking for any personal opinions on the matter. Certainly not personal opinion on police or Middle Eastern cultures or religion. I believe I can form those opinions myself. I would like to have a thorough understanding on what is happening there and who is involved.

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I don’t have insight into the morality police that have specifically been in the news lately. However a helpful contextual piece of info is that culturally/historically, dating back to the early Persian empire, the law system in Iran has had two separate but equally important judiciaries. The legal court and the religious court. They have overlapping jurisdictions and it’s not as clear cut of a system from a westerners perspective.

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