[Brytani]

In college, I worked at a funeral home for a few years and I agree with your concludion except for a few of the close up pictures where there is visible greying around the eyes.

In all honesty, the body does look somewhat like a corpse would look after being removed from cold storage. Possible if this was taken in winter. Who knows, we will have to wait for someone who can speak/read Farsi to show up and tell us what the chants and writing are. Maybe that will be a clue.

[ladysusan]

In college, I worked at a funeral home for a few years and I agree with your concludion except for a few of the close up pictures where there is visible greying around the eyes.

The grey could be anything from unwashed skin, age changes, and of course the bruise. The overall skin color is just too pink and healthy for this body to be dead, especially the feet. There are no other signs of death present in the photo. IMO, the most likely thing is that this is a living body.