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June 23, 2009

Report: Iran Ordered Family of Slain Protester to Pay $3,000 “Bullet Fee”
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The Wall Street Journal reports the Iranian government ordered the
family of a slain nineteen-year-old protester to pay $3,000 in order to
get his body back. The $3,000 has been described as a “bullet fee”—a fee
for the bullet used by security forces to kill their son. The fee was
waived after the family agreed not to hold a funeral or burial in
Tehran. All mosques in Tehran have been reportedly prohibited from
holding memorials or publicly mourning the deaths of protesters.



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