Greater Middle East (bbabo.net), - Iranian parliamentarians, as well as the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution of Iran, are now working on the issue of the legal status of the hijab. This was reported by journalist, producer of Sputnik Iran Marina al-Shalan on December 2. The parliamentarians will discuss whether the hijab should continue to be a mandatory dress code for all women in the country, or whether this choice should be left to the Iranians themselves.

"The results of the discussions of the Iranian parliamentarians should be announced in 15 days," Iranian Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said.

Recall, on September 16, a young girl of Kurdish origin, Mahsa Amini, died in Tehran. She was reportedly arrested by the so-called vice police for allegedly wearing an insufficiently closed hijab. According to the official version of the authorities, Amini had a heart attack in the police station, after which she fell into a coma and died without regaining consciousness. At the same time, a number of eyewitnesses reported that the girl was beaten, which caused her death. According to Russian orientalist Maria Kicha, this incident was a direct result of another tightening of the rules for wearing the hijab, which was promoted by the current president, Ibrahim Raisi, who is considered a representative of conservative circles in the Iranian leadership.

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