Human Rights Council, Report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran, Fifty-eighth session. 24 February–4 April 2025, Agenda Item 4 (A/HRC/58/63) Advance unedited copy (PDF]:
“The Mission previously documented the far-reaching use of technology by the
Government of Iran to restrict freedom of expression. Distinctively, it was used to monitor
women’s and girls’ compliance with the mandatory hijab and acts of solidarity with the
protests. In April 2024, in Tehran and southern Iran, the State resorted to aerial drone
surveillance to monitor hijab compliance in public spaces. A new facial recognition software
was also reportedly installed in April 2024 at the entrance gate of the Amirkabir University
in Tehran, to monitor such compliance by women students.”
And this, from Imogen Foulkes and Tom McArthur at BBC News:
In other news… Iran using drones and apps to enforce women's dress code
— Gary R. Bunt (@garyrbunt.bsky.social) 15 March 2025 at 00:58
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Also see: OHCHR, Iran: Government continues systematic repression and escalates surveillance to crush dissent in the aftermath of protests, UN Fact-Finding Mission says, 14 Mar 2025 (Press Release)
