The death of a young Iranian man, Omid Sarlak, found with a gunshot wound hours after he posted an image of himself burning a picture of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Instagram, has led to fresh anti-government protests. While Iranian authorities have officially ruled the death a suicide, family members and hundreds of mourners attending his funeral on Monday openly blamed the regime.

Sarlak, in his 20s and from Lorestan province in western Iran, posted the provocative image and message on Friday.

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Official Suicide Claim vs. Mourners' Defiance

State media in Iran, including the IRNA news agency and Tasnim, were quick to refute opposition claims that Sarlak had been murdered.

Official Account : Ali Asadollahi, the police chief in Aligudarz,

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