The first cracks have started to appear among Iran’s political elite over the country’s month-long women-led protests, with a senior figure calling for a re-examination of the enforcement of compulsory hijab law and an acknowledgment that the protests have deep political roots, and are not simply the product of US or Israeli agitation.
The call for restraint came from Ali Larijani, a former speaker of the Iranian parliament and an impeccable establishment figure.
