Attorney General Says Morality Police To Be Disbanded, Hijab Laws Reviewed

Iranian officials have announced steps intended to bring an end to months of protests, reports the Wall Street Journal.

On Saturday, Attorney General Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri announced that the morality police had been disbanded and that lawmakers and the judiciary were reviewing the hijab law.

President Ebrahim Raisi appeared to support the measures during a televised speech, saying that Iran’s Islamic system was inherent in its constitution but that “there are methods of...