The Iranian Police announced today that it will install cameras and other “smart means” in public places to identify women who do not wear the hijab, in a new move to impose the use of this mandatory garment in the Islamic country.
“The Police will use innovative tools and smart cameras on public roads to avoid any tension and conflict with compatriots and to identify people who violate the Hijab and Public Chastity Law,” the Police said in a statement collected by the agency. Iranian news outlet Mizan.
These cameras will initially be used to send “warning messages” to those who fail to comply with their prerogatives and “warn them of the legal consequences of repeating this crime,” reported the Europa Press news agency.
However, one of the most radical members of the Farvardin Islamic Council, Hossein Jalali, had warned of financial penalties, withdrawal of driving licenses, passports or Internet service within the so-called Afaf and Hijab plan.
“The Police will not tolerate any individual or collective behavior contrary to the Law,” the statement added.
Wearing the hijab has been compulsory in Iran since 1983, but many women have stopped wearing it after protests broke out over the death of a young Iranian Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, in police custody for wearing her headscarf incorrectly.
His death sparked strong protests across the country with calls for “death to the dictator,” referring to the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The authorities repressed these protests causing the death of some 500 people, thousands of detainees at the same time that they handed down four death sentences by hanging and one of them was carried out in public.
In recent weeks, tensions over the non-use of the garment have intensified, with men attacking women for not wearing the veil.
When announcing the installation of the cameras, the authorities asked the population not to take the law into their own hands and assault or harass women for not wearing the veil.
In recent months, several images and videos of verbal and physical attacks against hijab-clad women have been published, such as the one last week involving a member of the Basij militia who threw yogurt on two veiled women in Shandiz.
Source: Ambito
