Tehran Funeral Set for Iranian Teen Who Died After Alleged Police Encounter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Like many of Iran's larger cities, Kermanshah saw a surge of anti-government protests over the past year in response to the September 2022 death in morality police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
62% : Geravand's death comes barely a year after Amini's sparked months of anti-government protests over the state's mandatory Islamic dress code and spiraled into the biggest show of opposition to Iranian authorities in years.
40% : Reports of tight state control over Geravand's funeral, which is reportedly set to take place Sunday, indicate officials in Tehran may be concerned the event could spur a new wave of unrest.
40% : They also demanded an independent investigation by the United Nations fact-finding mission on Iran, citing the theocracy's use of pressure on victims' families and state TV's history of airing hundreds of coerced confessions.
38% : Women are required by law to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes in Iran, where the secular and Western-backed shah was deposed in a revolution in 1979.

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