Protesters in Iran called for a three-day strike this week, stepping up pressure on authorities after a public prosecutor said the morality police, whose detention of a young woman triggered months of protests, had been shut down.
There was no confirmation of the closure of the Interior Ministry, which is responsible for the morality police, and Iranian state media said that Public Prosecutor Mohammad Jafar Montazeri was not responsible for overseeing the force.
Despite 11 weeks of protests against strict Islamic regulations, top Iranian officials have repeatedly said Tehran would not change the Islamic Republic's mandatory hijab policy, which requires women to dress modestly and wear headscarves.
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