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The Groom

By The Daily Dish
Jun 23 2009, 1:55 AM ET

Farnaz Fassihi reports:

Minutes before, an ambulance had arrived from Tehran's morgue carrying the body of their only son, 19-year-old Kaveh Alipour. On Saturday, amid the most violent clashes between security forces and protesters, Mr. Alipour was shot in the head as he stood at an intersection in downtown Tehran. He was returning from acting class and a week shy of becoming a groom, his family said.

The most heartbreaking part?  The fascists charged the family a $3000 "bullet fee" to recover the body.



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