Iran State Media Dismisses , Official's Claims That Strict , Moral Laws Are Under Review.<br />Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said that <br />Iran's law that requires women to wear a hijab in public <br />was under review by parliament and the judiciary.<br />CNN reports that women are currently required <br />to wear hijab in public under strict laws enforced <br />by the nation's so-called morality police. .<br />According to Montazeri, Iran's morality police force had<br />been "abolished." However, the claims were strongly <br />disputed by the country's state-run media outlets.<br />No official of the Islamic Republic of Iran has <br />said that the Guidance Patrol has been shut. , Al-Alam, State-run media outlet, via CNN.<br />Some foreign media have attempted <br />to interpret these words by the prosecutor-<br />general as the Islamic Republic retreating <br />from the issue of Hijab and modesty and <br />claim that it is due to the recent riots, Al-Alam, State-run media outlet, via CNN.<br />Some foreign media have attempted <br />to interpret these words by the prosecutor-<br />general as the Islamic Republic retreating <br />from the issue of Hijab and modesty and <br />claim that it is due to the recent riots, Al-Alam, State-run media outlet, via CNN.<br />Iran has been experiencing nationwide protests following <br />the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died <br />in police custody for not wearing her hijab properly. .<br />Iran has been experiencing nationwide protests following <br />the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died <br />in police custody for not wearing her hijab properly. .<br />Amini's death on September 16 also spurred prominent <br />public figures, including Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti, <br />to speak out in support of the movement. .<br />Amini's death on September 16 also spurred prominent <br />public figures, including Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti, <br />to speak out in support of the movement. .<br />According to CNN, authorities responded with <br />a crackdown on demonstrators, including reports <br />of forced detentions and physical abuse. .<br />I say that both the parliament and <br />the judiciary are working, for example, <br />just yesterday we had a meeting <br />with the cultural commission of <br />the parliament, and you will see <br />the results within the next week or two, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, Iran's Attorney General, via CNN.<br />CNN reports that the laws <br />have been in place since <br />the Islamic Revolution of 1979
