According to the police, Iranian officials have started placing cameras in public areas to detect unveiled women.
Women who are not wearing head coverings will be warned via text message about the consequences, according to the police.
According to authorities, this would contribute in preventing “resistance against the hijab law.”
Last year, protests were spurred by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman detained for allegedly breaking the hijab rule, while she was in police custody.
Since Ms. Amini’s passing, an increasing number of women, especially in larger cities, have been discarding their veils despite the possibility of being arrested.
The so-called “smart” cameras and other instruments were used, according to a police statement, to identify and convey “documents and warning messages to the violators of the hijab law,” according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency.
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution imposed a stringent interpretation of religious law, women are legally obligated to cover their hair with a hijab (headscarf). Lawbreakers who are women risk fines or perhaps arrest.
In a statement released on Saturday, the police referred to the veil as “one of the civilizational foundations of the Iranian nation” and urged shop owners to adhere to the laws by conducting “diligent inspections.”
