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His comments come as an increasing number of women have been
defying Iran's compulsory dress code, appearing unveiled in
malls, restaurants, shops, streets, and other public areas.
Several female celebrities and activists have also in recent
months posted photos of themselves on social media without the
veil.
Iranian police on Saturday installed cameras in public places to
identify and penalise unveiled women, Iranian media reported.
Police announced the plan last week.
"The crime of promoting unveiling will be dealt with in the
criminal court whose decisions are final and unappealable," the
semi-official Mehr News quoted deputy attorney general Ali
Jamadi as saying.
"The punishment for the crime of promoting and encouraging
others to remove the hijab is much heavier than the crime of
removing the hijab itself, because it is one of the clear
examples of encouraging corruption," he added.
He did not say what the punishments might be or what exactly
entails promoting unveiling.
A growing number of Iranian women have been ditching their veils
since the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman while in custody
of the morality police last September. Mahsa Amini had been
detained for allegedly violating the hijab rule. Security forces
violently put down the protests following her death.
Videos of unveiled women resisting the morality police have
flooded social media.
(dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com; Editing by Mark Potter)
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