Morgue Demands ‘Bullet Fee’ for Body
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(June 23) – The family of a 19-year-old Iranian man killed during clashes between security forces and protesters in Tehran said morgue officials demanded they pay a $3,000 “bullet fee” before they were allowed to take his body, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
The fee was assessed to pay for the bullet that killed Kaveh Alipour, relatives told the newspaper. But Alipour’s father told officials that all of his property combined wouldn’t even amount to $3,000. He argued his case and said that since he was also a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war, the fee should be waived.
Morgue officials agreed, but demanded the family bury Alipour outside of Tehran. His body was eventually taken to Rasht, where the family has relatives.
Alipour was shot in the head on Saturday when he was returning from acting class — apparently an innocent bystander during the protests in Iran’s capital city. He was to be married later this month.
“He was a very polite, shy young man,” a neighbor said.
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