The Iranian authorities have started setting up CCTV cameras in public spaces to locate females who do not wear hijab, BBC reports.
Women who are detected not wearing headscarves will receive "warning text messages," as stated by the police, in an effort to suppress demonstrations against the hijab ban. This follows marches in Iran over the murder of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish lady who was arrested in 2022 for violating hijab laws and died in police custody.
Despite the risk of imprisonment, the number of women not wearing headscarves has grown in major cities after Amini's death. The new system would detect and transmit "documents and warning messages to hijab law violators" using "smart" cameras and other means.
Women in Iran are forced by law to put on hijab and those who do not comply face fines or imprisonment. After two females were poured with yogurt at a shop by a male for stepping into the shop without a hijab on April 2, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi reaffirmed that having a headscarf is a "religious necessity." The two ladies who were attacked have been arrested, along with the man, and the chairman has stressed that hijab is a legal requirement that must be respected.
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