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.
The values of Iran, a theocratic and highly oppressive state without freedom of the press, expression or assembly, and deeply entrenched discrimination against women and girls, are diametrically opposed to the democratic principles of South Africa.