Iran is increasingly resorting to electronic monitoring and general reports to identify women who refuse to carry the veil (HIYAB), by adhering to public places, according to a new report published by the United Nations.
The report, which was published on Friday, March 14th, submits conclusions The Independent Research Council for the Islamic Republic of Iran. The committee had previously completed in its report last year that sovereignty The Islamic Republic was responsible for the “physical violence” that caused the death of Mahasa Amini In September 2022.
The United Nations report for this year stressed: “Although two and a half years have passed Protests in September 2022Women and girls in Iran are still undergoing systematic discrimination in law and practice. This distinction has affected all aspects of their lives, especially with regard to the application The compulsory law of the partsHe said.
Iranian diplomatic representations against the United Nations in New York and Geneva did not respond to requests for comments on conclusions 20 pages reportEmaro Associated Press.
Sarah Hussein, head of the research team, said that new research fields in a report published this year. One of these cases was “Anxiety Style” from deaths from some demonstratorsIncluding girls, whom the Iranian government announced suicide. He said that the families of men suffered from “judicial harassment”, among other things because they were prevented from celebrating the services of mourning for their loved ones.
The committee also investigates the use of implementation exercises. “We discovered that He stopped, including men, women and children, who were threatened in some cases with firearms or with Sogas around the neck“It is a form of psychological torture,” Ms. Hussein said at her press conference in Geneva.
He added that the research group’s conclusions indicate that there are still “chronic (and fixed) exceptions” for those who participated in repression.
Iran expands the electronic monitoring of women
United Nations inspectors analyzed in detail that Iran will rely more and more on electronic monitoring. Among these measures is the use of “Observer drones” to monitor women in public places. In addition, at the entrance to Amirkabir Technological University in Tehran, the authorities have installed the facial recognition program to identify women who do not use the mandatory veil.
Apparently, it was also used Observes on the main roads of Iran To learn about women traveling in cars without a veil. According to the United Nations investigators, they agreed to the mobile phone application called “Observer” provided by the Iranian police. The program allows reporting the views of women without a veil in vehicles such as ambulances, buses, metro cars and taxis.
The report said: “Users (who use the application) can register the site, date, time and vehicle registration number Where the assumed violation of the mandatory veil occurred. This information (published on the Internet) coincides with that car and the police.
“This process leads to shipping (instant) from SMS, a warning to the owner of the car, which indicates that it was identified through the violation Laws related to the compulsory use of the veil. In addition, if these warnings are ignored, the car will be seized. “
The dangerous consequences of the mandatory monitoring of the veil
Warning messages about the mandatory veil caused serious situations in some cases. In July, Police officers shot a woman, according to activists, who received a warning message with the veil It provided a monitoring job near the Caspian Sea, according to the Associated Press news. The woman was paralyzed as a result of the shooting.
However, the national media forces and public order forces announced that the police had shot the car with all smoke -filled windows, not to mention the mandatory veil breach. UN inspectors have said so far 8,000 cars were seized because their drivers did not carry the “appropriate veil”.
“What makes This situation is unusual The strange thing is the type of activity that was monitored through this application … whether it is a woman using it or not. “He should not be punished for this,” he said.
The tensions continue after the death of Mahasa Amini
Mahasa Amini, a 22 -year -old girl, died in the hospital on September 16, 2022 after being arrested by the Guidance patrol, so she was described as “not noticing the flame correctly.”
His death caused a wave of months that lasted in everything on Iran and was followed by fierce repression by the security forces, and as a result, according to reports, More than 500 people died and more than 22,000 were arrested. After these generalized protests, the police somewhat reduced the application of laws to the compulsory use of HIYAB, but the process was re -formed from April 25, 2024 under the name “Light Plan”.
propagandaAccording to the United Nations inspectors, At least 618 women have been arrested so far by virtue of the Noor PlanAccording to a report issued by an active local group in the field of human rights.
