TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Parliament's National Security Commission said on Tuesday that security cameras for public surveillance should not violate the privacy rights of citizens, Iran's Press TV reported.

    According to the report, Iranian parliamentarian Kazem Jalali warned that the program might violate privacy rights, saying that any use of the technology had to be within existing privacy guidelines.

    "It is only acceptable if the systems are installed in public areas," Jalali was quoted as saying.

    Iran's Law Enforcement Agency (NAJA) had reportedly already proposed to install cameras in the "crime-ridden areas" of major cities to help track the moments of crisis.

    Head of NAJA, Brigadier General Ismail Ahmadi-Moqaddam, pledged on Sunday to use surveillance cameras only to monitor crime and not to spy on citizens.

    According to the website of Police News Center and following the controversy sparked over the use of public surveillance cameras, Ahmadi-Moqaddam stressed on Tuesday that "The police do not have any camera to control and surveil (people) and they do not intend to violate or limit the private and social freedom."