Iranian youth avoids the morals police with a mobile app

Police morals at work

A new smartphone application called Gershad is rapidly gaining popularity in Iran. This software helps users avoid CAT of the Iranian police mores, which monitors compliance and compliance with the residents of Sharia laws in force in the Islamic Republic.

The application, which is currently actively distributed in Iran through social media (although there is no download statistics), allows Iranian youth (they are the Central Asian) to mark the locations of police morals on a map and share this information with other users. Actually this is due to the fact that the morals police do not sleep and arrange random checks, raids and constantly change the location of their points for the most effective search for violators.

The word Gershad is an abbreviation of the phrase “Gashte Ershad”, which can be translated as “patrol guide”. According to the Gershad team, it is difficult and tiring to avoid morality police in Iran, especially for young women (Sharia law is known to devote great attention to the appearance of women and their clothes).
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"Technology has created an amazing opportunity to streamline the process of solving social problems together."

Iranian authorities blocked access to the application shortly after its release, but it is still available to many users who can bypass restrictions.

The essence of the problem lies in the fact that, unlike in Europe, the population of Iran is very young: half of the country's residents are not older than 25 years . And, like any youth, this part of the Iranian population actively accepts and uses the benefits of technological progress. Networking is now the most common form of contact between young Iranians. Separately, you can select the Telegram messenger, which is preferred because of the high level of confidentiality.

Some conservatives condemn the penetration of Western culture into Iranian society, but the progressive part of the population hopes for the adoption of more moderate bills and relief in the field of culture.

In Iran, arrests are not rare for posting content that the authorities consider immoral or undermining cultural traditions, which also include Gershad. However, many users consider using the application as a form of digital protest against authoritarian restrictions and requirements for the behavior and lifestyle of citizens of the country.

Via thestack