The attorney general also said the Iranian parliament is considering removing law that makes wearing a Hijab mandatory, in a rare sign of the Islamic theocracy making concessions.
The protests were sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini (pictured) but rapidly escalated into calls for the overthrow of the Islamic theocracy that has governed Iran since its 1979 revolution.
"Jîna giyan, to namirî, nawit ebête remiz" ("Jina, my soul. You won't die. Your name will become a symbol"), these are the Kurdish words engraved on Jina Amini's gravestone by her family,[1] a few days before she became the national symbol of the revolution against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Thousands of young women and men have been chanting “Women, Life, Freedom” in the Iranian streets since mid-September. However, there are many more Iranian women nobody has seen so far among the protesters. Like Bayan, many yearn for freedom without being able to leave their family homes