Police in the Iranian province of West Azerbaijan have sent text messages to a total of 2,111 women warning them of the mandatory wearing of the veil after they were recorded by video surveillance cameras not wearing the veil.
In the same vein, the Iranian authorities have also ordered the closure of up to 80 commercial establishments in which the dress code was not complied with, as reported by the local newspaper ‘Etemad’.
The Iranian police recently began to control the use of the veil by women -obligatory according to the legislation- using video surveillance cameras based mainly on technology applied to road traffic control.
A powerful wave of protests swept the country last fall following the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman, just 22 years old, who died in mid-September while in police custody for improperly wearing the veil.
In protest, many women in the country began refusing to wear the veil. Rallies in the streets of the main cities were harshly repressed by the authorities, and up to fifty people were killed.
After the episodes of social tension and international criticism, Tehran turned a blind eye for a while to the violation of the hijab regulations, and even the controversial Morality Police almost disappeared from the streets, according to DPA.
However, leading religious authorities and pro-government politicians have now begun to put pressure on Iran’s leadership to again intensify control over the enforcement of strict dress codes affecting women.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
