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Iran authorities reviewing hijab law

An image posted on Twitter, reportedly on Oct 26, 2022 shows an unveiled woman standing on top of a vehicle as thousands make their way toward a cemetery in Saqez, the home town of Mahsa Amini in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, to mark 40 days since her death. (UGC Photo via AFP)

Iran’s parliament and the judiciary are reviewing a law that requires women to cover their heads, and which triggered more than two months of deadly protests, the country’s attorney-general says.

The demonstrations began after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, died in custody on Sept 16 after her arrest by Iran’s morality police for an alleged breach of the dress code.

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