Wary of re-igniting Iran's worst political turmoil in years, the country's rulers are resorting to new, less obtrusive tactics to punish women who refuse to wear the obligatory Islamic hijab.
of security cameras with denial of state services to violators, replacing the morality police whose actions were the flashpoint for the months of unrest.
But those vans have mostly vanished from streets of cities they used to patrol, residents told Reuters, after the protests confronted Iran's clerical rulers with their worst legitimacy crisis since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Her death in September in the custody of morality police unleashed years of pent up anger in society over issues from economic misery to tightening political controls.
Since being freed on bail, Roya has been banned from leaving the country and called in several times for questioning. Thousands of businesses have been closed for days, including a shopping mall in Tehran with 450 shops, according to state media, because its employees failed to observe the mandatory hijab law and had been serving unveiled women.
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