Surrender was not the goal of the Iranian government when it announced the abolition of the morality police last week. His goal was in no way compatible with those of the protesters and guardians of democracy. The proof ? A plan to freeze the bank accounts of unveiled women is being prepared in Iran. From now on, those who refuse to wear the hijab will be deprived of banking services and products. A problem that does not concern crypto enthusiasts?
No hijab, no bank account
According to Agenzia Nova, the deputy and member of the cultural committee of the Iranian Parliament Hossein Jalali declared that Iranian women who do not veil are only entitled to three warnings. Once this milestone is reached, the State will block the bank accounts of the offenders.
” After three warnings, the bank account of the person who is caught without the hijab could be blocked “, he specifies.
Jalali also clarified that the “ unveiled people will first receive awareness text messages. Said SMS will effectively precede warnings and bank account freezing. An operation impossible with crypto wallets.
Wearing the veil in public has been compulsory since the founding of the Islamic Republic in 1979. Iranian law requires all women who have reached the age of puberty to wear a head covering and loose clothing in public places. .
” When riots increase, hooligans and mobs increase, they take to the streets and cases of unveiled women increase. When this ends, these behaviors will also end “, he added.
Freezing of bank accounts, crypto and protest movements
Is Iran about to experience another revolution 43 years after the overthrow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi? Probably, since the new Islamist system of Ayatolah Ruhollah Khomeini is hitting a wall after the inadmissible death of Mahsa Amini. Today, more and more Iranian women no longer hesitate to burn their hijab or refuse to wear it to make the government bend.
The Iranian government would have taken up the idea of ​​freezing the bank accounts of the demonstrators initiated by the best monitors, Justin Trudeau. Hadn’t he invoked the Emergencies Act in February to stem the Freedom Convoy demonstrations? In Canada, when anti-vax truckers saw their assets blocked, many of them rushed to cryptocurrencies.
However, we are not unaware that Iran has also started to use cryptos for its international commercial transactions since last August. Its central bank has already set up its own CBDC, the digital rial.
If tomorrow, the majority of Iranian women will no longer be able to access their bank accounts due to insubordination, they will certainly rush to cryptocurrency. The local CBDC will probably be snubbed because it is only the manifestation of this hold that the tyrants want to perpetuate.
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