Iran does not give in: it is now threatening to block the bank accounts of women who do not wear the veil

The Iranian government does not give in to its intentions to punish women who do not cover themselves with the Islamic veil. It is now considering blocking their bank accounts, to an extent that would be part a new regulation on dress codes in the Persian country, a deputy and a religious revealed on Tuesday.

National Parliament deputy Hosein Yalalí gave some clues about the plans of the authorities after the announcement of the disbandment of the Morality Police, which does not seem to want to relax the policies on clothing, as many expected, especially the protesters who have for almost three months protest to the cry of “woman, life, freedom”.

“It is possible to warn people who don’t wear the hijab via text message and ask them to respect the laws,” the MP and cleric explained to the Shargh newspaper about the new rules.

If after this notification the woman is still not wearing the veil, she will go into the “warning phase”, which has not explained what it is, and finally to punishment.

It is possible that the unveiled person’s bank account will be blocked, said Yalalí, who sits on the Parliament’s Culture Commission.

In fact, the deputy said that we will increase the punishment for bad hijab after the revision of the regulation.

The cleric’s words come after the disbandment of the Morality Police or Orientation Patrols (Gasht-e Ershad in Persian) was confirmed in recent days.

“The mission of the Morale Police patrols is complete,” said the spokesman for the Center for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prohibition of Vice, Ali Janmohamadí, confirming the announcement by the Attorney General, Mohamad Jafar Montazeri, days earlier.

“Modern” punishments.

But Janmohamadí said that his body, which monitors morality and customs in the Persian country, is looking for more “modern” ways and with “new technologies” to apply the laws of chastity and hijab.

Iran has seen protests since the death of Mahsa Amini after she was arrested by the Morale Police for not wearing the Islamic headscarf properly, and that force has since disappeared from the country’s streets.

More than 400 people have died in nearly three months of protests and at least 2,000 were charged with various crimes for their participation in the mobilisations, of which 11 people were sentenced to death.

This year’s demonstrations in the Persian country are unprecedented for its duration and because it unites all social classes and ethnic groups. Furthermore, they are heading to openly call for an end to the clerical regime.

They saw banners of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei burning, women walking without headscarves in the streets and people challenging the security forces.

Meanwhile, Iran accuses foreign powers of encouraging what it calls “revolts”, starting with the United States and Israel and their allies, but also groups of Iranian Kurds exiled in Iraq, whose positions it has attacked with missiles and drones.

Source: EFE

B. C