According to the Attorney General, the Iranian parliament and the judiciary in the Islamic Republic are reviewing a law that obliges women to cover their heads.

"Parliament and the judiciary are working" on this issue, said Attorney General Mohammed Jafar Montaseri, according to the Isna news agency.

He announced results in "a week or two" but did not comment on what might be changed about the law.

In July, President Ebrahim Raisi had pushed for strict enforcement of the headscarf requirement “by all state institutions”.

On Saturday, however, he said that the constitution does have values ​​and principles.

"But there are methods of implementing the constitution that can be changed." Women in Iran have had to wear a headscarf since 1983.

Protests have been taking place in the country for weeks.

The trigger was the death of the 22-year-old Kurd Mahsa Amini.

She was arrested by the vice squad in mid-September for allegedly violating the dress code.

Since then, more and more women have stopped wearing headscarves.