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Iran installs cameras to identify women breaking dress code

Headline from KESQ Palm Springs

By Zahid Mahmood and Fariba Sahraei, CNN Iranian authorities are to use cameras in public places to identify women who violate the country’s hijab law, state media reported. Women in Iran risk arrest for not covering their hair.

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Reports & sources

16 articles, oldest first.

  1. New York Post

    Iran using public cameras to ID, penalize women who don’t wear hijabs (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The statement was released on the heels of a growing number of Iranian women dumping their veils since the September death of Mahsa Amini.

  2. The Week

  3. KESQ Palm Springs

    Iran installs cameras to identify women breaking dress code (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    By Zahid Mahmood and Fariba Sahraei, CNN Iranian authorities are to use cameras in public places to identify women who violate the country’s hijab law, state media reported. Women in Iran risk arrest for not covering their hair.

  4. The Guardian

    Iranian police plan to use smart cameras to identify “violators of hijab law” (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Women who break Islamic dress code will be identified, warned on first instance and then taken to court

  5. UPI

    Iranian police to enforce strict hijab laws with surveillance cameras (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    The Iranian state will begin installing surveillance systems to catch women who violate the country's strict hijab laws, semi-official local media reported Saturday.

  6. France 24

    Iran installing cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    In a further attempt to rein in increasing numbers of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iranian authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled…

  7. News Nation Now

    Iran installs cameras in public places to identify unveiled women (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    After they have been identified, violators will receive “warning text messages as to the consequences”, police said in a statement.

  8. Al Jazeera

    Iran to install cameras to identify unveiled women (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    The police says it will ‘not tolerate any kind of individual or collective behaviour and action’ violating the law.

  9. The Times of Israel

    Iranian police install cameras to identify women violating strict dress code (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    Authorities say those not wearing headscarf in public places will receive 'warning text messages as to the consequences,' as women increasingly defy 'hijab law'

  10. Forbes

    Iran Installs Cameras For Morality Police To Identify Women Defying Hijab Law (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Police in Iran have installed new cameras in public places to identify women who are breaking the law by not wearing a hijab, according to a new report from Al Jazeera.

  11. Fox News

    Iran installs cameras to crack down on women not wearing hijab (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Iran has started installing cameras in public places so that authorities can rein women who aren't wearing their hijabs in violation of the country's religious laws.

  12. Deseret News

    Iranian police set up smart cameras to catch women without hijabs (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    The smart cameras can identify the women not wearing hijabs, and those women will receive text messages warning them to follow the hijab law.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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