Iran announced court punishments for those who encourage the removal of the hijab

People who encourage women to remove the hijab in Iran will be prosecuted in criminal courts and will not have the right to appeal any verdict, according to Iran's Deputy Attorney General Ali Jamadi.

In Iran, a growing number of women are defying the mandatory dress code, appearing in malls, restaurants, shops, streets and other public spaces without the hijab.

"The crime of promoting disclosure will be tried in a criminal court whose decisions are final and cannot be appealed," Deputy State Prosecutor Ali Jamadi said, as quoted by the semi-official Mehr News.

"The punishment for the criminal offense of promoting and inciting others to remove the hijab is much more severe than the criminal offense of removing the hijab itself, because it is one of the clear examples of inciting corruption," Dzamadi added.

He did not say what the penalties might be, or exactly what promoting disclosure entails.

Several celebrities and activists have also posted photos of themselves on social media without veils in recent months, Reuters reports.

Iranian police have installed cameras in public places to identify and punish exposed women, according to Iranian media.

That plan was announced by the police last Sunday.

An increasing number of Iranian women are removing their veils since the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, who was detained last September for allegedly violating hijab rules.

The security forces then violently suppressed the protests after her death.