<p>Police in Iran said on Saturday they plan to use "smart" technology in public places to identify and then penalise women who violate the country's strict Islamic dress code.</p>.<p>A statement said the force would "take action to identify norm-breaking people by using tools and smart cameras in public places and thoroughfares".</p>.<p>Police will then send "the proof and warning messages to the violators of the hijab law" to "inform them about the legal consequences of repeating this crime".</p>.<p>The number of women in Iran defying the compulsory dress code has increased since a wave of protests following the death in custody of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini, 22, for allegedly flouting it.</p>.<p>"From next Saturday, people who remove their veil will be identified by using smart equipment," Iran's police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan said in an interview with state television.</p>.<p>"People who remove their hijab in public places will be warned first and presented to the courts as a next step," Radan said.</p>.<p>He said car owners will also receive a warning text if any of their passengers violate the dress code, and their vehicles will be seized if the offence is repeated.</p>.<p>Amini died on September 16, three days after her arrest by the morality police.</p>.<p>A wave of civil protests swept across the Islamic republic following her death.</p>.<p>In a separate statement on Saturday, police said they would not tolerate "any individual or collective behaviour and actions that are contrary to the law".</p>.<p>Last week, a viral video on the social media showed a man throwing yoghurt at two women for not wearing hijab.</p>.<p>In late March, the head of the judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, said "removing hijab amounts to enmity towards values and people who commit such abnormality will be punished".</p>.<p>The requirement for women to wear the headscarf in public was enshrined in law shortly after the Islamic revolution of 1979.</p>
<p>Police in Iran said on Saturday they plan to use "smart" technology in public places to identify and then penalise women who violate the country's strict Islamic dress code.</p>.<p>A statement said the force would "take action to identify norm-breaking people by using tools and smart cameras in public places and thoroughfares".</p>.<p>Police will then send "the proof and warning messages to the violators of the hijab law" to "inform them about the legal consequences of repeating this crime".</p>.<p>The number of women in Iran defying the compulsory dress code has increased since a wave of protests following the death in custody of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini, 22, for allegedly flouting it.</p>.<p>"From next Saturday, people who remove their veil will be identified by using smart equipment," Iran's police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan said in an interview with state television.</p>.<p>"People who remove their hijab in public places will be warned first and presented to the courts as a next step," Radan said.</p>.<p>He said car owners will also receive a warning text if any of their passengers violate the dress code, and their vehicles will be seized if the offence is repeated.</p>.<p>Amini died on September 16, three days after her arrest by the morality police.</p>.<p>A wave of civil protests swept across the Islamic republic following her death.</p>.<p>In a separate statement on Saturday, police said they would not tolerate "any individual or collective behaviour and actions that are contrary to the law".</p>.<p>Last week, a viral video on the social media showed a man throwing yoghurt at two women for not wearing hijab.</p>.<p>In late March, the head of the judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, said "removing hijab amounts to enmity towards values and people who commit such abnormality will be punished".</p>.<p>The requirement for women to wear the headscarf in public was enshrined in law shortly after the Islamic revolution of 1979.</p>