TEHERAN - Iran’s parliament and the judiciary are reviewing a law which requires women to cover their heads, and which triggered more than two months of deadly protests, the attorney-general said.in custody on Sept 16 after her arrest by Iran’s morality police for an alleged breach of the dress code.
“Both parliament and the judiciary are working “, of whether the law needs any changes, Mr Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said in the holy city of Qom.The review team met on Wednesday with parliament’s cultural commission “and will see the results in a week or two”, the attorney-general said. But in July this year Mr Raisi, an ultra-conservative, called for mobilisation of “all state institutions to enforce the headscarf law”.Iran accuses its sworn enemy the United States and its allies, including Britain, Israel, and Kurdish groups based outside the country, of fomenting the street violence which the government calls “riots”.more than 300 people have lost their lives in the unrest since Ms Amini’s death.