Protester found dead after burning Iranian supreme leader’s photo
Omid Sarlak’s family and campaigners do not believe the young man died by suicide (Picture: Iran International)The death of an Iranian man shortly after he posted a controversial video featuring the country’s supreme leader has sparked rumours over state involvement.
Omid Sarlak, from Iran’s western Lorestan province, defied the strict Islamic republic’s government by taking to social media with an incendiary video clip.It shows him holding a large poster of Iran’s