Women found without the hijab, a veil that covers the hair, will receive an SMS with a warning text about the consequences, the country’s police have announced, according to BBC.
According to the police, this will help stop “opposition to the hijab law”.
In a statement published by state news agency Irna, police said the surveillance cameras use so-called “smart” technology to identify the women and then send documents and warning messages to those who violate the hijab law.
The veiling law was introduced in Iran in 1983, four years after the Islamic revolution.
Months of protests
Iran has been shaken since September by massive democracy protests with feminist overtones. The igniting spark was the death of Mahsa Zhina Amini in the custody of the morality police. The young Kurdish woman, visiting the capital Tehran, had been arrested on charges of not wearing her headscarf properly.
Since the protests broke out, women have gone out more often than before without wearing the obligatory veil, especially in larger cities.
