Anti-regime protesters in Iran call three-day strike to mount further pressure: reports

Anti-regime protesters in Iran have reportedly called a three-day strike amid conflicting reports about country's morality police being disbanded

Iran's chief prosecutor Mohamed Jafar Montazeri on December 3 said the morality police will be shut down, but there was no confirmation from country's interior ministry.

Reuters, quoting Iran state media, reported that the said public prosecutor was not responsible for the matters of Iran's morality police.

However, President Ebrahim Raisi, as per semi-official news agency Isna did convene a meeting in which the government was "paying attention to people's real demands." Though the matter of reported closure was not directly addressed even there.

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Prosecutor Montazeri also claimed that the regime was reviewing the legislation on mandatory hijab, which has triggered raging protest, several deaths, detentions across the theocratic nation.

The role of the morality police, which enforces veiling laws, came under scrutiny after a detainee, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, died in its custody in mid-September.

Amini had been held for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic's strict dress codes. Her death unleashed a wave of unrest that has grown into calls for the downfall of Iran's clerical rulers.

(With inputs from PTI)