Mohammad Jafar Montazeri is under US and UK punitive measures for prosecution of Mahsa Amini protesters last year

Country's AG reportedly makes announcement at conference on religion, more than 2 months after Mahsa Amini died in custody; no comment from Interior Ministry, which controls force

Top legal official says rallies by disgruntled workers are 'illegal' as weekend protests held in Tehran and other cities over reneging on earlier promise by now-President Raisi