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The legislation would have imposed prison sentences of up to 15 years for repeat offenders.
Iran’s government has paused plans to implement a controversial new law that would have seen women in the country face up to 15 years in prison if they did not wear a head-covering hijab.
The compulsory legislation was first approved by the country’s parliament in September 2023.
It will not be sent to the government as planned this week, said Shahram Dabiri, the vice president in charge of parliamentary affairs.
“According to the discussions held, it was decided that this law will not be referred to the government by the parliament for now,” Dabiri said in an interview with the newspaper Ham Mihan Daily on Monday.
The decision not to enact the legislation—at least temporarily—came from top executive, legislative, and judiciary bodies, Dabiri added.
At the moment, it is “not feasible to implement this bill,” Dabiri said, without providing further details.
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