The Iran National Security Council has suspended the application of the controversial law that imposed on women that The Hiyab, the Islamic veil will be put in public.
The president of the Iranian Parliament, Mohamed Bagher Ghalibaf, has confirmed this Sunday a decision of the Security Council that contravenes the approved measure Last year by the Legislative, characterized by the presence of numerous extremist deputies.
However, The Iranian Security Council is the country’s maximum decision -making body And, according to the Constitution, it can also review the decisions both by Parliament and even by the Government.
“The Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council He has informed us in writing that Hiyab’s law will not be promulgated at the moment “, The President of Parliament has indicated in a statement collected by the Entkhab news portal.
The law imposes strong fines, the withdrawal of public services And, in case of recidivism, prison sentences to women who do not cover their hair in public. Until Ghalibaf’s announcement, he was in the process of remodeling after several episodes of protests and under the suspicion of the country’s president, Masud fishshkian.
Parliament, on the other hand, has insisted on applying the law once and for all to defend the Islamic values of the “cultural invasion of the West.” The opposition to the law has increased with mass protests under the slogan “woman, life, freedom” After the death of the young Iranian Kurdish Mahsa Amini in autumn of 2022 due to injuries suffered when he was in the custody of the Moral Police for allegedly violating the Islamic clothing code by incorrectly carrying the handkerchief.
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