The Secretary of the Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice said if someone does not wear the chastity and hijab belt, they will be fined.
The scope of criminalization in the social domain is expanding, and it seems that alongside economic inflation, we are also facing inflation in laws and social confrontations.
Under these circumstances, the Etemad newspaper reported that the Secretary of the Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue mentioned that the number of improperly veiled individuals in the country has exceeded 50 percent. He talked about new legal definitions that, in his opinion, will create a more effective impact on promoting the culture of hijab.
The newspaper quoted him saying that the morality police actually rise in support of the people, meaning when an unveiled person enters a shop and the shop owner does not warn them and provides services, the shop’s license plate will be fined. If the person who has unveiled insists on receiving services, the morality police will fine that person in support of the shop owner.
Hashemi Golpayegani added that if someone does not wear the chastity and hijab belt, after one or two warnings, they will be fined, and in subsequent instances, the fines will double and triple. It may seem that we have reduced the crime to a violation, but it is effective and impactful, and it is feasible and doable.