Iran installs cameras to identify and punish women without hijabs
- April 9, 2023
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In a new attempt to curb the growing number of women defying mandatory dress codes, Iran, authorities install cameras in public places and on the roads identify and
In a new attempt to curb the growing number of women defying mandatory dress codes, Iran, authorities install cameras in public places and on the roads identify and punish women without a hijab (veil), police announced this Saturday.
Once identified, offenders will receive “warning text messages about consequences“, the police said in a statement.
The purpose of the measure isprevent opposition to the hijab law“, the news agency said in a statement. Mizan and other state media.
The text adds that such resistance casts a shadow on the spiritual image of the country and sows uncertainty.
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Nevertheless, Women continue to appear uncovered in malls, restaurants, shops and on the streets. across the country, risking arrest for violating a mandatory dress code.
Videos of naked women resisting the vice police have flooded social media.
A police statement on Saturday urged business owners to “enforce social norms seriously through their thorough due diligence.”
Under Iranian Islamic law introduced after the 1979 revolution, women are required to cover their hair and wear long, loose clothing to hide their figure.
Public reprimands, fines or arrests
The face of offenders public reprimands, fines or arrests.
Describing the hijab as “one of the foundations of the civilization of the Iranian nation” and “one of the practical principles of the Islamic Republic,” the Interior Ministry statement on March 30 said there would be no turning back on the issue.
In it he called citizens resist women without hijab.
In past decades, these kinds of directives have encouraged hardliners attack women.
Last week, a viral video showed a man throwing yogurt at two women in a store.
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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