Details: Iran revises compulsory veiling law for women

However, Justice Minister Jaafar Montazeri does not want to explain exactly how the law can be changed.

– Both Parliament and the Ministry of Justice are working on the question of whether the law needs to be changed, according to state media.

President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that basic Islamic values ​​remain the foundation of Iran’s constitution.

– But there are ways to implement the constitution in flexible ways, the president said in his televised address.

popular protests

The requirement to veil and the brutal methods of the so-called morality police to ensure compliance with it is one of the driving forces behind the popular protests against the country’s regime that have continued in recent months. The ignition spark came when 22-year-old student Mohsa Amini died while she was in custody of the morality police.

Independent observers estimate that nearly 450 people were killed in the brutal attempts to stop the demonstrations. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard confirmed that the number is more than 300 people. The United Nations Human Rights Coordinator, Volker Türk, had said earlier that more than 14,000 people had been arrested by the security forces in connection with the protests.

The compulsory wearing of the veil – which covers the hair, neck and shoulders – was introduced in 1983, four years after the Islamic Revolution when clerics seized power in Iran.