Video cameras will follow women without hijab in Iran

Iranian authorities have begun installing video surveillance cameras in public places. They should monitor women who do not wear hijab or do not tie it tightly enough. This was announced by the country’s police.

In the statement of the police, it is indicated that the women who will be caught in the video wearing the headscarf incorrectly will be identified. The police promise to send them “warning messages”.

Women in Iran have been required to wear hijab since 1979, when radical Islamists came to power in the country. For not wearing a hijab or wearing it incorrectly, they face fines or arrest. There are also frequent cases of street attacks on women who do not cover their heads sufficiently.

• Last September, the Iranian moral police detained 22-year-old Mahsa Amina on charges of improperly wearing a hijab. Amina was taken from the police station to the hospital, where she died a few days later. Amina’s relatives believe that the reason for her death was a beating by members of the security forces.
• Soon, street protests began in Iran. People spoke with slogans against police violence, against the struggle of the Iranian authorities with dissent, for the democratization of the country and for the overthrow of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
• Protests were brutally suppressed. According to human rights activists, during mass actions, more than 600 demonstrators were killed, and about 20 thousand people were detained. Several people were executed.
• In March 2023, the United States imposed sanctions against several Iranian officials and organizations involved, according to Washington, in serious violations of women’s rights.