Iran installs public cameras to monitor unveiled women
Iranian authorities will begin installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares today to identify and penalize unveiled women in a further attempt to rein in increasing numbers of women defying the compulsory dress code.
After they have been identified, violators will receive “warning text messages as to the consequences”, the police said in a statement.
The move is aimed at “preventing resistance against the hijab law,” the statement said, carried by the judiciary’s Mizan news agency and other state media, adding that such resistance tarnishes the country’s spiritual image and spreads insecurity.
A growing number of Iranian women have been…Continue Reading