In Iran, the police has everyone phone number and it is going to make use of it to enforce a law.
According to the police, women seen not covering their hair would receive “warning text messages as to the consequences”.
In September 2022, a young woman, Mahsa Amini, was arrested in Iran for allegedly violating the Hijab rule.
However, Ms. Amini died in custody and her death sparked protests.
Iranian women began to throw away their hijabs and defy the hijab rule because of Amini.
Women have been legally required to cover their hair with a headscarf since the 1979 Islamic Revolution installed a strict interpretation of religious law.
The law provides a punishment of fines or arrest for women who violate the law.
These protests led to thousands of arrests and four executions over the past few months.
Only last week, a video of a man throwing yoghurt at two women without hijabs was widely disseminated online.
This led to the arrest of the women under the hijab law. The man was also arrested.
Now Iran has implemented a new way of identifying unveiled women across the country to secure their arrest.
The Plan
Iranian authorities have begun installing cameras in public places to identify unveiled women, says the police.
According to the police, women seen not covering their hair would receive “warning text messages as to the consequences”.
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This would help prevent “resistance against the hijab law”, says the police.
In a police statement published by the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency, the system is using the so-called “smart” cameras and other tools.
They would be used to identify and send “documents and warning messages to the violators of the hijab law”.
