Police Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran
| Police Command of the Islamic Republic Iran فرماندهی انتظامی جمهوری اسلامی ایران Fərmândēhiy-ē Ēntēzâmiy-ē Jomhuriy-ē Ēslâmiy-ē Irân | |
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| Common name | Iranian Police |
| Abbreviation | فراجا |
| Motto | كُونُواْ قَوَّامِينَ لِلّهِ شُهَدَاء بِالْقِسْط "Be steadfast witnesses for Allah in equity" [Quran 5:8] (Heraldry slogan) |
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| Formed | April 1, 1991 |
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| Employees | 360,000 (including conscripts and reserves) |
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| National agency | Iran |
| Operations jurisdiction | Iran |
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| Size | 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi) |
| Population | 86,758,304 (2022) |
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| Parent agency | General Staff of the Armed Forces |
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The Police Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran, abbreviated as Faraja (فراجا [fæɾɒːˈd͡ʒɒː]), is the uniformed police force in Iran. The force was created in early 1992 by merging the Shahrbani (شهربانی, Šahrbâni), Gendarmerie (ژاندارمری, Žândârmeri), and Islamic Revolutionary Committees (کمیته انقلاب اسلامی, Komite enghlâb-e eslâmi) into a single force.
It has more than 260,000 police personnel, including border guard personnel, and is under the direct control of the supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who is the head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. In 2003, some 40,000 women became the first female members of the police force since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The Guidance Patrol, commonly called the "morality police", is a vice squad/Islamic religious police in the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran, established in 2005 with the task of arresting people who violate the Islamic dress code, usually concerning the wearing by women of hijabs covering their hair.