It would be part of a new dress code. Few changes after the dissolution of the morality police.
The government of Iran does not give in to its intentions to punish women who do not cover themselves with the Islamic headscarf. Now it is considering blocking their bank accounts, in a measure that would form part of a new regulation on dress codes in the Persian country, a deputy and cleric revealed on Tuesday.
The deputy of the national Parliament Hosein Yalalí gave some clues about the plans of the authorities after the announcement of the dissolution of the Morality Police, which does not seem to be going to relax the clothing policies, as many expected, especially the demonstrators who have been protesting shouting “woman, life, freedom” for almost three months.
“It is possible to notify people who do not wear the hijab through text messages and urge them to respect the laws,” the MP and cleric explained to the Shargh newspaper about the new regulations.
If after that notification the woman still does not wear the veil, she will go to the “warning stage”, which did not explain what it consists of, and finally to the punishment.
It is possible that the bank account of the person without the veil will be blocked, said Yalalí, who is part of the Parliament’s Culture Commission.
In fact, the deputy stated that we will raise the punishment for bad hijab after the revision of the regulations.
The cleric’s words come after the dissolution of the Morality Police or Orientation Patrols (Gasht-e Ershad in Persian) has been confirmed in recent days.
“The mission of the Morale Police patrols has ended,” declared the spokesman for the Center for the Promotion of Virtue and Prohibition of Vice, Ali Janmohamadí, confirming the announcement of the attorney general, Mohamad Jafar Montazeri, days before.
“Modern” Punishments
But Janmohamadí affirmed that his body, which monitors morality and customs in the Persian country, is looking for more “modern” ways and with “new technologies” to apply the laws of chastity and hijab.
Iran has been experiencing protests since the death of Mahsa Amini after being arrested by the Morale Police for not wearing the Islamic veil properly, and since then that force has disappeared from the country’s streets.
In the almost three months of protests, more than 400 people have died and at least 2,000 have been accused of various crimes for their participation in the mobilizations, of which 11 people have been sentenced to death.
The demonstrations this year in the Persian country are unprecedented due to its duration and because they bring together all social classes and ethnic groups. In addition, they are heading to openly request the end of the clerical regime.
They have seen burning banners of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, women walking unveiled through the streets and people challenging security forces.
Iran, meanwhile, accuses foreign powers of encouraging what it calls “riots”, starting with the United States and Israel and their allies, but also groups of Iranian Kurdish exiles in Iraq, whose positions it attacked with missiles and drones.
Source: EFE
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