Iranian authorities are planning to use video surveillance systems to force women to wear headscarves.

The Parliamentary Justice Committee wants to expand the use of traffic monitoring systems in public places, the Etemad newspaper reported today. According to the plan, women caught without a hijab would first be warned by text message, while repeat offenders would be fined.

In early January, Etemad wrote about reforms that would increase penalties for violating the Islamic dress code. Then they talked about public works, retraining courses, bans on leaving the country, restrictions on work and fines.

Many women no longer wear headscarves

For months now, the notorious vice police patrolling the streets and enforcing the hijab law have all but disappeared from the streets.

Many women in Iranian metropolitan areas no longer wear headscarves.

Critics in Iran complain about the lack of social support for the new tightening of the law.

Since last September, the Islamic Republic has experienced a historic wave of protests sparked by the September 16 death of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish Mahshi Amini after she was detained by the vice police after being arrested for not wearing the hijab properly. .

Source: APE-MPE, DPA.