Iranian authorities have started installing surveillance cameras to identify women not covering their hair to discourage resistance against the hijab law.
The hijab law requires the hair of girls and women over the age of nine to be covered in public, and the cameras come in the
wake of protests last year when 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in police custody after allegedly violating hijab laws.
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