The freedom of Iranian women should be further threatened, reports
Le Courrier international
on September 9th.
Indeed, the country's press evokes a facial recognition project devised by the government to punish women who do not wear the veil correctly.
CCTV cameras would be installed on public roads and in the subway to identify people whose hair protrudes from the hijab.
Violators of decorum imposed under the codes of the Islamic Republic of Iran would be identified via facial recognition technology.
They would then receive a fine directly at home: 300,000 tomans (about 7 euros) for not wearing the veil, 150,000 tomans (3.50 euros) for a jacket that does not cover the shoulders and legs enough and 85,000 tomans ( 2 euros) for too much make-up.
The controversy swells after the death of a young woman
However, the reactions were not very favorable in the Iranian press.
Reformist former Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi "begged God that the Taliban in Afghanistan wouldn't see the interview because they would learn new ways [to punish women]".
Other voices have been raised to denounce this new way of controlling Iranian women, but also to question the reliability of facial recognition.
This news comes after the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old young woman arrested by the morality police in Iran for inappropriate clothing.
Victim of a head injury during her arrest, she died on Friday September 16 after three days in a coma.
Numerous tributes, demonstrations and angry reactions from the Iranian people followed one another throughout the weekend.
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