Iranian Teen's Death May Rekindle Populist Anger

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55% : "Iran's state-sponsored violence against women & girls has been devastating for so many families in Iran & abroad," he wrote.
40% : "Yet we do know that in a climate where Iranian authorities severely penalize women and girls for not adhering to the state's forced-hijab law, Armita courageously appeared in public without one."
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% : On Saturday, US Deputy Special Envoy for Iran Abram Paley wrote online that he was mourning Geravand's death.
37% : The death of Armita Geravand comes after her being in a coma for weeks in Tehran and after the one-year anniversary of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, which sparked nationwide protests at the time, per the AP.
37% : "Armita's voice has been forever silenced, preventing us from hearing her story," wrote the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran.
36% : Geravand's Oct. 1 injury and now her death threaten to reignite that popular anger, particularly as women in Tehran and elsewhere still defy Iran's mandatory headscarf, or hijab, law as a sign of their discontent with Iran's theocracy.

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