ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A senior police official in Iran has confirmed that the authorities in the country have started enforcing a new scheme which confronts those that do not observe the head cover, a month after international media reported that Tehran had ended the morality police patrols across the country.
Photos were published on Iranian social media displaying a message sent to the occupant of a vehicle, saying that the crime of removing the hijab was committed and issuing a warning to the occupant.
Fars News, an outlet affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), claimed on Sunday that their reporter covering police affairs has spoken to a senior police official who confirmed that a new scheme known as “Nazer 1” is underway across the country to monitor the enforcement of the hijab
In early December news circulated erroneously on international media stating that Iran had ended the enforcement of the hijab and that the morality police had stopped its patrols that would enforce the head cover.
Young Kurdish woman Zhina (Mahsa) Amini died in the custody of Iran’s morality police in September, three days after she was detained for allegedly wearing a lax hijab. Her death sparked a nationwide protest movement, challenging authorities in the country and calling for overthrowing the Islamic regime.
At least 508 protesters, including 69 children, have been killed and over 19,000 have been arrested since the protests began over three months ago, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
The nationwide protests gripping Iran have entered their fourth month, as both the authorities and the protesters are refusing to back down despite the government’s continued attempts to quell the demonstrations through violent crackdowns.
