They will use drones and telephone applications to monitor the strict clothing code for women

Iran is using drones and intrusive digital technology to crush dissent, especially among women who refuse to obey the strict clothing code of the Islamic Republic, said the United Nations.

Researchers say that Iranian security officials are using a “state -sponsored” vigilantism strategy to encourage people to use specialized phone applications to inform women for alleged violations of the clothing code in private vehicles such as taxis and ambulances.

Its new report also highlights the growing use of drones and security cameras to monitor the compliance with the HIJAB in Tehran and in southern Iran.

For women who challenge laws, or protest against them, the consequences are serious: arrest, beating and even violations in custody.

The findings of the investigation mission of independent facts on the Islamic Republic of Iran, after it determined last year that the country’s theocracy He was responsible for “physical violence” that led to death in custody of Mahsa Amini in 2022.

The witnesses said that the 22 -year -old Kurdish was beaten by the Moral Police during his arrest, but the authorities denied that he was mistreated and blamed for “sudden heart failure” for his death. His murder caused a huge wave of protests that continues today, despite the threats of the 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, in law and in practice, which permeates all aspects of their lives, particularly with respect to the application of the mandatory hijab,” the report said.

“The State is increasingly dependent on the vigilantism sponsored by the State in an apparent effort to enlist companies and individuals in the fulfillment of the Hijab, portraying it as a civic responsibility.”

At the Amirkabir University of Tehran, the authorities installed facial recognition software at their entrance door to find women who do not use the Hijab, according to the report.

Surveillance cameras On the main roads of Iran, they are also being used to find discovered women..

The investigators also said they obtained the “Nazer” mobile application offered by the Iranian police, which allows the “examined” members of the public and the police to inform about women discovered in vehicles, including ambulances, buses, subway cars and taxis.

“Users can add the location, date, time and registration number of the vehicle in which the alleged mandatory infraction of the Hijab occurred, which then ‘marks’ the vehicle online, alerting the police,” the report said.

According to the report, a text message is sent to the registered owner of the vehicle, warning them that they had been found in violation of the mandatory laws of the Hijab. Vehicles could be confiscated for ignoring warnings, he added.

The UN researchers interviewed almost 300 victims and witnesses: they also seemed deeply in the judicial system of Iran, which they said that lacks real independence. According to their report, the victims of torture and other violations were also persecuted, while their families were “systematically intimidated,” according to their report.

They also found evidence of the extrajudicial executions of three demonstrators of children and three adults, then dismissed by the State as suicides.

The report also established additional cases of sexual violence in custody, citing the case of a arrested woman who was severely beaten, subject to two simulated, raped and then raped group executions.

The report will be submitted to the Human Rights Council on March 18.