Iranian teenager Armita Geravand dies after alleged incident with morality police

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : The hijab, remains mandatory for women in Iran and neighbouring Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
46% : The Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights, which focuses on Iran's Kurdish ethnic minority, earlier published a photograph of Ms Geravand in a coma and renewed its calls for an independent international investigation citing "the practice of the Islamic Republic in concealing the truth.""During the last 28 days, the Islamic Republic of Iran tried to distort the narrative of the government murder of this teenage girl," the group alleged.
43% : A relative of the family told Hengaw, 'The security agencies have stated their intention to bury Armita's body in Behesht Zahra, Tehran.'
41% : Activists abroad have alleged Ms Geravand may have been pushed or attacked because she was not wearing the hijab and have called for an independent investigation by the United Nations fact-finding mission on Iran.

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