Protest-Hit Iran Reviewing Mandatory Headscarf Law, Official Says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The hijab headscarf became obligatory for all women in Iran in April 1983, four years after the Islamic Revolution that overthrew the U.S.-backed monarchy.
33% : Protests have swept Iran since the September 16 death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin arrested by the morality police for allegedly flouting the Shariah-based law.
30% : Iran said Saturday it is reviewing a decades-old law that requires women to cover their heads, as it struggles to quell more than two months of protests linked to the dress code.
29% : Iran accuses its sworn enemy the United States and its allies, including Britain, Israel, and Kurdish groups based outside the country, of fomenting the street protests that the government calls riots.

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