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Drones, informers and apps: Iran intensifies surveillance on women to enforce hijab law - Iranian police are using digital tools to identify and punish women who defy the Islamic state’s harsh dress code
Iranian police are using digital tools to identify and punish women who defy the Islamic state’s harsh dress code
After widespread outcry last year, the Iranian authorities said they would suspend enforcement of the new, strict, hijab laws, which impose draconian penalties – including fines and prison sentences – on women found in breach of the mandatory dress code. According to the UN report, aerial surveillance using drones has also been used at events such as the Tehran international book fair and on the island of Kish, a tourist destination, to identify women not complying with the hijab law. Last July Arezoo Badri, a 31-year-old mother of two, was shot and paralysed when a police officer opened fire on her vehicle in Noor city, Mazandaran province, after her car was reportedly flagged for a hijab violation.
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