{"id":563,"date":"2022-09-25T04:01:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T04:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group8\/?p=563"},"modified":"2022-10-26T04:07:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T04:07:09","slug":"iranian-authorities-plan-to-use-facial-recognition-to-enforce-new-hijab-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict22group8\/2022\/09\/25\/iranian-authorities-plan-to-use-facial-recognition-to-enforce-new-hijab-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian authorities plan to use facial recognition to enforce new hijab law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<h4><strong>Government says it will use technology on public transport in crackdown on women\u2019s dress<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure style=\"width: 1240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0e5362e30c4fa3e8e292390007a270942c7c9273\/0_0_5578_4000\/master\/5578.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none\" alt=\"\" width=\"1240\" height=\"890\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women wearing the hijab at the Imam Khomeini mosque in Tehran. Photograph: Morteza Nikoubazl\/NurPhoto\/Rex\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Iranian government is planning to use facial recognition technology on public transport to identify women who are not complying with a strict new law on wearing the hijab, as the regime continues its increasingly punitive crackdown on women\u2019s dress.The secretary of Iran\u2019s Headquarters for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice, Mohammad Saleh Hashemi Golpayegani, announced in a recent interview that the government was planning to use surveillance technology against women in public places following a new decree signed by the country\u2019s hardline president, Ebrahim Raisi, on restricting women\u2019s clothing.<\/p>\n<p>The decree was signed on 15 August, a month after the 12 July national \u201cHijab and Chastity Day\u201d, which sparked countrywide protests by women who posted videos of themselves on social media with their heads uncovered on streets and on buses and trains. In recent weeks, the Iranian authorities have responded with a spate of arrests, detentions and forced confessions on television.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2022\/sep\/05\/iran-government-facial-recognition-technology-hijab-law-crackdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To read more,<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government says it will use technology on public transport in crackdown on women\u2019s dress The Iranian government is planning to use facial recognition technology on public transport to identify women who are not complying with a strict new law on wearing the hijab, as the 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