More control over women in Iran: the police will use cameras to identify those who do not wear the veil

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Iranian police announced on Saturday that they are installing smart cameras in public places to identify women who do not wear headscarves, a new measure aimed at enforcing the use of this mandatory garment in the Islamic country.

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“In an innovative move to avoid tensions and conflicts in headscarf law enforcement, police will use smart tools and cameras in public places and streets to identify people (not wearing hijabs),” the body said. security in a note. quoted by the Tasnim agency.

The security body explained this messages will be sent to women who do not respect the law of the veil and chastity, “informing them of the consequences”.

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“The police will not tolerate any individual or collective behavior contrary to the law,” according to the statement.

The headscarf has been mandatory in Iran since 1983 e failure to use it can be punished with imprisonment.

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This UGC image posted to Twitter reportedly on Oct. 26, 2022 shows a woman revealed to be standing on top of a vehicle as thousands of people make their way to the Aichi cemetery in Saqez, the hometown of Mahsa Amini in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan , to mark 40 days since her death, in defiance of heightened security measures as part of a bloody crackdown on women-led protests. – A wave of unrest has rocked Iran since 22-year-old Amini died on Sept. 16 following her arrest by morality police in Tehran for allegedly violating the country’s strict rules on hijab scarves and modest dress . (Photo by UGC / AFP) / Israel OUT – NO Resale / XGTY/EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT AFP – SOURCE: ANONYMOUS – NO MARKETING – NO AD CAMPAIGN – NO INTERNET – DISTRIBUTED AS A CUSTOMER SERVICE – NO RESALE – NO ARCHIVE -NO ACCESS ISRAEL MEDIA/PERSIAN LANGUAGE TV STATIONS OUTSIDE IRAN/ ABSOLUTELY NO ACCESS BBC PERSIAN/ VOA PERSIAN/ MANOTO-1 TV/ IRAN INTERNATIONAL/RADIO FARDA –

The measure aims to “preserve family values, strengthen mental health and guarantee the tranquility of citizens” and to avoid acts that “dirty” the country’s spirituality, according to the police.

Many Iranian women have stopped wearing the obligatory Islamic headscarf protest and civil disobedience since the death in September of Mahsa Amini after being arrested precisely for wearing the hijab incorrectly.

Amini’s death has sparked strong protests across the country calling for the end of the Islamic Republic and in which universities, institutes and even schools have played an important role.

A man and woman hold up a banner depicting 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in the custody of Iranian authorities, during a demonstration by Iraqi and Iranian Kurds denouncing her death outside the United Nations offices in Arbil , the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Autonomous Region, on September 24, 2022. - Angry protesters have taken to the streets of major cities in Iran, including the capital Tehran, for eight consecutive nights since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.  The Kurdish woman was pronounced dead after spending three days in a coma following her arrest by feared Iranian morality police for wearing the hijab in a

A man and woman hold up a banner depicting 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in the custody of Iranian authorities, during a demonstration by Iraqi and Iranian Kurds denouncing her death outside the United Nations offices in Arbil , the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Autonomous Region, on September 24, 2022. – Angry protesters have taken to the streets of major cities in Iran, including the capital Tehran, for eight consecutive nights since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The Kurdish woman was pronounced dead after spending three days in a coma following her arrest by feared Iranian morality police for wearing the hijab “improperly”. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP)

protests and repression

State crackdowns led to the deaths of around 500 people in protests over Amini’s death, the arrest of thousands, and four protesters were hanged, one of them in public.

In recent weeks, tensions have intensified over the non-use of this garment, which has been mandatory in the country since 1983, with calls by clergy and conservatives to impose the hijab.

The ministries of education and health announced it on Monday They will not allow students who do not wear headscarves to attend universities or colleges.

Authorities are also closing shops and restaurants that cater to uncovered women across the country.

Added to this are the “vigilantes” who take justice into their own hands and attack women with bare heads.

In late March, a video went viral in which a man throws yogurt over the heads of two women for not wearing a veil.

Drunkest students

At the same time, Iranian media reported on Saturday that dozens of girls were poisoned in various schools across the country, rocked for more than four months by mysterious student poisonings.

Since the end of November many, mostly girls’ schools have been affected by sudden poisoning caused by gases or toxic substances, which cause discomfort and fainting. Some students had to be admitted.

Quoted on Friday by state television, the head of the National Commission of Inquiry, Deputy Hamidreza Kazemi, said that the final report of this body will be published “within two weeks”.

At least “60 students were poisoned (Saturday) at a girls’ school in Haftkel,” in the southwestern province of Khozestan, Iribnews news agency said, citing a local official.

Other schoolgirls were also poisoned in “five schools in Ardabil, in the northwest”, where they showed “symptoms of anxiety, shortness of breath and headaches”, added the same source.

In Urmia, the capital of Azerbaijan’s Western (North-Western) province, “an unspecified number” of primary school students were also hit “after a gas spray,” Ilna news agency said, without providing further details.

An official balance of 7 March indicated this “more than 5,000 students” had been poisoned in more than 230 institutions located in 25 provinces, out of the 31 the country has.

The poisonings had ceased in early March, after the announcement of a hundred arrests, but resumed three weeks later.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 6 called for “severe penalties”, including the death penalty, against those allegedly held responsible for these poisonings.

Source: EFE and AFP

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