Iran electronically scans women for headscarf violations, UN report warns

Electronic vigilantism was encouraged by authorities, the UN found (AP)

Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country’s mandatory headscarf, a United Nations report found.

The investigation comes as hard-liners in Iran push for harsher penalties on those protesting against the law in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death in 2022.