"According to the discussions held, it was decided that this law will not be referred to the government by the parliament for now," Dabiri told the pro-reform Ham Mihan daily this week.
"The decision to delay the law - which imposes harsher penalties for women refusing to wear the hijab and for businesses that serve them - was made by senior executive, legislative, and judiciary bodies," according to Dabiri.
"Had the bill passed to the government, Iran's reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian would have had little room to manoeuvre. By law, he's required to endorse bills within five days..."
"Pezeshkian earlier described the legislation as having 'many questions and ambiguities'"
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