Genev Correspondent, BBC News
EPAIran uses drones and obsessive digital technologies to crush disagreement, especially among women who refuse to obey the Strict Dressman Code of the Islamic Republic, said the United Nations organization.
Investigators say that Iranian security officers use a strategy for “state sponsored vigilance” to encourage people to use specialized telephone applications to report women for alleged trainees in private vehicles such as taxis and ambulances.
Their new report also emphasizes the increasing use of drones and security cameras to monitor Hijab compliance in Tehran and southern Iran.
For women who oppose the laws or protest against them, the consequences are severe – arrest, beating and even rape in custody.
Findings From the independent international mission to establish facts in the Islamic Republic of Iran comes after last year determined that the theocracy of the country of the country He was responsible for the “physical violence” that led to death in the arrest of Mahsa Amini in 2022.S
Witnesses said the 22-year-old Kurd was badly beaten by moral police during his arrest, but authorities denied that she had been abused and accused “sudden heart failure” for her death. Her murder caused a huge wave of protests, which continues today, despite threats of a state of violent arrest and imprisonment.
“Two and a half years after the protests began in September 2022, women and girls in Iran continue to face systematic discrimination, by law and practically penetrating all aspects of their lives, especially with regard to the application of the compulsory hijab,” the report said.
“The state is increasingly relies on the vigilance sponsored by the state with obvious efforts to include business and individuals in the conformity of Hijab, presenting it as civil liability.”
At the University of Amirkabir in Tehran, authorities installed software to recognize faces at their entrance gate to find women who do not wear a hijab, the report said.
Observation cameras On the main roads of Iran are also used to search uncovered womenS
Investigators have also said they have received the Nazer mobile phone app offered by Iranian police, which allows “verified” public and police to report uncovered women in vehicles, including ambulances, buses, metro cars and taxis.
“Users can add the location, date, time and number of the vehicle registration plate in which the alleged mandatory violation of Hijab has happened, which then” marks “the vehicle online, warning police,” the report said.
According to the report, then a text message is sent to the registered owner of the vehicle, warning them that they have been found in violation of the mandatory Hijab laws. Vehicles can be retained to ignore warnings, he added.
UN investigators interviewed almost 300 casualties and witnesses also looked in depth in Iran's judicial system, which they said there was no real independence. Victims of torture and other violations were also persecuted, while their families were “systematically intimidated”, according to their report.
They also found evidence of out -of -court executions of three child and three adult protesters later rejected by the state as suicide.
The report also found additional cases of sexual abuse in custody, citing the case of an arrested woman who was severely subjected to two layout executions, raped and then raped with bands.
The report will be submitted to the Human Rights Council on March 18.