Women to wear hijab even in cars: Iran police

Iran police has said that women  must wear mandatory hijabs even in cars amid unrest in the country following the death of Mahsa Amini. Widespread demonstrations have gripped Iran since the September 16 death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini following her arrest in Tehran. She was arrested for not wearing hijab properly, thus, breaching Iran's strict dress code for women. Iran police said that the "new stage" of the Nazer-1 programme was being rolled out "across the country by the police". The programme which was launched in 2020 amid concerns the "removal of hijab in cars".

In recent days, a large number of lawmakers and other officials in Iran have called for plans to punish the women who unveil.
The plans include facial identification of those without hijab using CCTV cameras and refusing them social services.https://t.co/WTtCkXW83c https://t.co/QPELZDpqdV

— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) January 1, 2023

Iran's controversial morality police have a mandate to enter public areas to check on the implementation of the strict dress code. But amid the protests, women have been seen without a hijab. In early December, Iran's prosecutor general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri had said that the morality police had been closed down while critics remained sceptical of his comments.