Iran set to freeze bank accounts of women who refuse to wear a hijab

A subordinate of the Iranian parliament has told section media the authorities plans to enforce caller punishments connected women who bash not deterioration a hijab successful public, with individuals who garbage to comply aft 2 warnings perchance having their slope accounts frozen. 

Hossein Jalali, a subordinate of the Cultural Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, told Iranian media connected Dec. 6 that “unveiled persons” would beryllium sent an SMS urging them to respect the instrumentality and deterioration a hijab earlier entering a “warning phase” and yet having their slope relationship perchance frozen.

"In the 3rd stage, the slope relationship of the unveiled idiosyncratic whitethorn beryllium frozen."

Similar actions taken by governments successful the past person seen protestors and dissidents crook to cryptocurrencies to proceed accessing fiscal instruments.

Jalali did not item what the “warning stage” entailed, helium suggested determination should not beryllium “morality police" enforcing compliance with the instrumentality and different cardinal figures person noted cameras whitethorn beryllium utilized successful operation with artificial quality to place offenders.

Ongoing protests person occurred successful Iran since Sep. 17, erstwhile an Iranian pistillate named Mahsa Amini was arrested by the morality constabulary for not wearing a hijab and died successful suspicious circumstances astatine a infirmary successful Tehran.

Many women are present mounting occurrence to their hijab oregon refusing to deterioration them amidst a broader propulsion to unit the authorities to backmost down connected its compulsory hijab requirements.

The menace to frost the slope accounts of protestors parallels events successful Canada earlier this twelvemonth wherever the country's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act connected Feb. 15 enabling regulators to freeze the slope accounts of members partaking successful the "Freedom Convoy" protests

Some convoy protestors turned to crypto arsenic a way to money the movement aft the fundraising level GoFundMe removed the run from its website.

Iran, which has been using crypto successful planetary commercialized deals since Aug. 9, has been processing its ain Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) called the crypto rial.

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The menace from Iranian officials to frost slope accounts to enforce compliance again highlights the risks of CBDCs and the transition to cashless economies. Nigeria connected Dec. 6 banned ATM withdrawals of much than $45 a time successful an effort to unit the colonisation to usage its unpopular CBDC. Transactions of decentralized cryptocurrencies by opposition are akin to currency successful that they tin not beryllium censored by authorities officials.

CBDC professional and big of the fashionable YouTube transmission Wall Street Silver noted successful a Dec. 6 tweet that governments having implicit powerfulness implicit your wealth is simply a scary idea.

— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) December 6, 2022