In the event of a violation, SMS will follow first
Headscarf compulsory: Iran expands video surveillance
2/3/2023 4:46 p.m
More and more women in Iran are taking off their headscarves. The authorities now want to consistently pursue violations of the clothing regulations using video surveillance. Repeated disregard will result in penalties.
Iranian authorities are planning stricter enforcement of headscarf enforcement through video surveillance. The Parliament’s Justice Committee wants to extend the monitoring already used in road traffic to public spaces, as the newspaper “Etemad” reported. First, women should be warned of violations by SMS. Repeated disregard will result in penalties.
“Etemad” had already reported on penal reforms for violations of Islamic dress codes at the beginning of January. At that time, among other things, there was talk of social hours, re-education courses, bans on leaving the country, employment restrictions and fines. For months now, the notorious morality police, which used patrols to enforce headscarves, have almost completely disappeared from the streets.
Many women in Iran’s metropolises no longer wear headscarves. Critics in Iran complain that the new tightening has no social support. Iranians have been demonstrating against the repressive policies for more than four months.
The wave of protests was triggered by the death of the Iranian Kurd Jina Mahsa Amini in police custody. She died in mid-September after being arrested by the so-called vice police for violating the compulsory headscarf. She became a symbol of the wave of protests that plunged Tehran into the worst political crisis in decades. Street protests have abated in recent weeks.