stressful funeral
Iran’s team was under intense scrutiny at the World Cup, not singing the national anthem in their first match, but doing so in two subsequent matches, amid reports of pressure from officials not to show support for the protests.
CHRI published a video of Samak’s funeral on Wednesday, in which mourners can be heard chanting “death to the dictator”.
Chants aimed at Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have been one of the main slogans of the protests that erupted after Amini’s death in custody on 16 September.
The IHR said authorities had refused to hand over the body to the family, while BBC Persian said the funeral in Bandar Anjali had proceeded without prior announcement and with a heavy security presence to avoid major incidents.
According to the IHR, Iran’s security forces have killed at least 448 people in a crackdown on the protests, including 60 children under the age of 18 and 29 women.
An Iranian general said on Monday that more than 300 people had been killed in the unrest.