Morality police have returned to the streets of Iran, as authorities there announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf.

The move came 10 months after the death of a woman who’d been detained sparked nationwide protests.

The morality police had largely pulled back following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September, as authorities struggled to contain mass protests calling for the overthrow of the theocracy that has ruled Iran for over four decades.

The protests largely faded earlier this year following a heavy crackdown in which more than 500 protesters were killed and nearly 20,000 detained.

But many women continued to flaunt the official dress code, especially in the capital, Tehran, and other cities.

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The morality police were only rarely seen patrolling the streets, and in December, there were even some reports — later denied — that they had been disbanded.

Authorities insisted throughout the crisis that the rules had not changed.

Iran’s clerical rulers view the hijab as a key pillar of the Islamic revolution that brought them to power, and consider more casual dress a sign of Western decadence.

On Sunday, a police spokesman, said the morality police would resume notifying and then detaining women not wearing hijab in public.

In Tehran, the men and women of the morality police could be seen patrolling the streets in marked vans.

The battle over the hijab became a powerful rallying cry, with women playing a leading role in the protests.

The demonstrations quickly escalated into calls for the overthrow of Iran’s clerical rulers, whom the mostly young protesters accuse of being corrupt, repressive and out of touch.

Iran’s government blamed the protests on a foreign conspiracy, without providing evidence.

Several Iranian celebrities joined the protests, including prominent directors and actors from the country’s celebrated film industry.

Several Iranian actresses were detained after appearing in public without the hijab or expressing support for the protests.

In the most recent case, Azadeh Samadi was barred from social media and ordered by a court to seek psychological treatment for “antisocial personality disorder” after appearing at a funeral two months ago wearing a cap on her head.