Iran is installing cameras on the streets to detect women not wearing hijab
Iran is going to impose stricter rules on women wearing hijab. The government of the country is installing cameras in public places to identify those who are not wearing hijab. The Iranian police announced this on Saturday.
A police statement said that after detecting a woman not wearing hijab, a text message will be sent to warn her. This step has been taken to prevent the obstacles being created against Iran's hijab law. Such impediments are undermining the spiritual image of the country and increasing insecurity.
"This measure has been taken to prevent and hinder the Hijab Law," said Mizan News Agency, the mouthpiece of Iran's Judiciary. It is said that such obstacles (women not wearing hijab) are undermining the spiritual image of the country and increasing insecurity. In September last year, a 22-year-old girl named Masha Amini was arrested in Tehran by the Niti Police of the country for not wearing hijab properly. The young woman died after being in a coma for three days in police custody.
Masha's death sparked protests across Iran. The protests, which lasted for several months, scared the Iranian rulers.
Mainly women led the protest. They protested Masha's death by burning hijab and going out without hijab.
The Iranian government took violent measures to quell the protests. As a result, more than a thousand protesters were killed. Hundreds of protesters were arrested. Among them hundreds of protestors have been sentenced to death by farce in the name of justice. Some have been executed.
Mainly women led the protest. They protested Masha's death by burning hijab and going out without hijab.
The Iranian government took violent measures to quell the protests. As a result, more than a thousand protesters were killed. Hundreds of protesters were arrested. Among them hundreds of protestors have been sentenced to death by farce in the name of justice. Some have been executed.
The statement called on citizens to stop women going out without wearing the hijab. Such directives have encouraged Iranian extremists to attack women in recent decades.
One such video went viral last week. There, a man was seen pouring curd on the heads of a young woman and her mother who were not wearing hijab inside the shop.
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