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Just weeks before 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died while in police custody after being arrested for failing to wear a hijab in public, an Iranian official announced the country's law enforcement agencies would use facial recognition software to identify women who fail to follow the strict dress rule.
Experts believe Iran is using Chinese-developed facial recognition software to identify and prosecute women who choose not to wear hijab coverings when they’re in public.
Women in Iran say they are being fined and prosecuted for violating hijab laws without ever being face-to-face with law enforcement.
Face recognition is allegedly being used to identify Iranian women who violate hijab laws. Here are some instances that the tech was probably used.
Iran has hanged a man in public who had been convicted of killing two members of security forces, the second execution linked to anti-government protests in less than a week.