Guidance Patrol (Persian: گشت ارشاد; Gasht-e Ershad) is a 2012 Iranian comedy film directed by Saeed Soheili.
The movie depicts three urban working poor young men who impersonate crew of a Guidance Patrol to earn money.
[3] Ansar-e Hezbollah protested outside the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance building and set a 48-hour deadline for suspending the screening of the movie.
[4] Though it was only able to screen in 15 movie theatres, it enjoyed a strong opening and became the box office number-one for Nowruz[5] before getting banned after 31 days.
[1] Surpassed by Kolah Ghermezi and Bache Naneh and I Feel Sleepy, it became the third highest-grossing film screened in Iran in 1391 SH.