Upon learning of his son's death, the elder Mr. Alipour was told the family had to pay an equivalent of $3,000 as a "bullet fee"—a fee for the bullet used by security forces—before taking the body back, relatives said.This is as cruel double imposition. It is insult added to injury.
Mr. Alipour told officials that his entire possessions wouldn't amount to $3,000, arguing they should waive the fee because he is a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war. According to relatives, morgue officials finally agreed, but demanded that the family do no funeral or burial in Tehran. Kaveh Alipour's body was quietly transported to the city of Rasht, where there is family.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Cruelty Iranian Style
From an article in the Wall Street Journal on the death of a demonstrator, the cruel facts of how a heartless regime treats it people:
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