Commercial establishments were quickly targeted after police announced they had implemented smart technologies to enforce hijab rules.

According to Tasnim agency, police spokesperson Said Muntazerulmehdi said the doors of 137 shops, 18 restaurants and reception halls were sealed because they did not comply with the hijab requirement in the workplace.

The Iranian police said in a written statement on their website that they are foreseeing "carefully planned actions" on public roads, vehicles and "sometimes in facilities where the headscarf is removed".

These new measures were developed against women's growing rejection of the Islamic dress code, especially with the unprecedented popular movement since September.

There have been protests across the country since the murder, on 16 September, of a young Kurdish woman, Jina Emini, by the morality police in Tehran for failing to cover up according to Islamic rules. During these actions, hundreds of people were killed and tens of thousands were arrested.