Author: JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press, JON GAMBRELL Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 14/03/2025 | 09:01:02
AI Summary:
Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country’s mandatory headscarf in public, a United Nations report finds. Iran’s mission to the U.N. In New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the findings of the 20-page report. The findings come after it determined that the country’s theocracy was responsible for the “physical violence” that led to the death of Mahsa Amini. Investigators obtained the “Nazer” mobile phone app offered by Iranian police. It allows the public to report on uncovered women in vehicles, including ambulances, buses, metro cars and taxis. In July 2024, police officers shot and paralyzed a woman who activists say had received such a message and was fleeing a checkpoint near the Caspian Sea. At least 618 women have been arrested under the Noor Plan. Social unrest, coupled with economic woes, remain a concern for Iran’s theocracy. Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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