Iranians seek to build pressure with strikes amid morality police uncertainty

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : "Be sure that in Iran, within the framework of democracy and freedom, which very clearly exists in Iran, everything is going very well," Amirabdollahian said, speaking during a visit to Belgrade, Serbia, according to The Associated Press.
46% : Social media was flooded with people -- including prominent members of the Iranian diaspora -- calling for a general strike across the country and storefronts were shuttered in several cities across Iran, Reuters reported.
38% : At least 470 people have been killed and some 18,000 detained in the subsequent crackdown by security forces, according to a tweet Sunday by Human Rights Activists in Iran, a United States-based rights group.
38% : The morality police have not been prominent on the streets of Tehran and other cities for roughly two months.
34% : The United States was similarly skeptical that Iran is loosening its hijab laws, according to a senior Biden administration official.

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