In Iran began to identify women without hijabs with the help of cameras

Iranian authorities have begun installing “smart video cameras” in public places and on the streets to detect women who go without hijabs or wear them casually. It is reported by RBC with reference to the Tasnim agency.

The measure is meant to prevent “tension and conflict between citizens” and “resistance to the hijab law”. According to Reuters, the police will identify violators, after which they will receive notifications “with a warning of the consequences.”

The interior ministry said in a statement that “in the context of the preservation of values ​​and the peace of mind of society, any individual or collective behavior that is contrary to the law is unacceptable.”

Previously, the vice police focused on how women wear hijabs. In December, it was abolished after mass protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old student of Kurdish origin. The girl was detained because of the incorrectly worn hijab, she was taken to the police station for “re-education”. There, according to the authorities, she had a stroke, but witnesses reported that before taking Amini to the police station, she was beaten in a police car. The girl was hospitalized, but she later died.

Under a law passed after the 1979 revolution, women in Iran are required to cover their hair and wear long, loose clothing to hide their figure. Violators face fines or arrest. In addition, writes CNN, cases of attacks on women in public places are not uncommon: in early April, a video circulated on social networks in which a man poured yogurt on two women in a store for walking without covered hair; they were later arrested. Despite this, writes Reuters, women without hijabs are still often seen in malls, restaurants, shops and on the streets across the country.