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'Iran charges slain man's family $3,000 for bullets that killed him'
By News Agencies
Tags: Neda, Israel news 

The family of an Iranian man killed in a demonstration against the country's contested presidential election has been ordered to pay the equivalent of $3,000 for the bullets that took his life, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Kaveh Alipour, 19, was shot in the head in downtown Tehran on Saturday during one of the most violent clashes between protesters and security forces since the riots began last week.

Iranian authorities later told the family they would not turn over the slain man's body for burial until they received compensation for the bullets security forces used to shoot him.

Officials finally surrendered the request after the family argued it did not have that much money in possession, but said that the man could not be buried within the city limits.

Iranian authorities, meanwhile, have found another way to combat the opposition movement demonstrating against the contested presidential elections, besides making threats and firing live rounds at protesters.

All mosques in Tehran have been prohibited from holding memorials or publicly mourning the deaths of the riot victims, it emerged on Monday. According to official count in Tehran, 17 people have been killed in more than a week of demonstrations.

Nevertheless, Iran's defeated moderate candidate Mehdi Karoubi has called on Iranians to hold mourning ceremonies on Thursday for killed protesters, an aide told Reuters on Tuesday.

"Karoubi calls on Iranians around the country to hold ceremonies on Thursday to remember those at protests," said Issa Saharkhiz.

Demonstrators have been gathering almost daily in Tehran since authorities said incumbent President Ahmadinejad had easily defeated challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi in the June 12 vote.

An amateur video released on Saturday capturing the violent death of a young woman has become the iconic image of the country's opposition movement and unleashed a flood of outrage at the regime's crackdown.

The footage, less than a minute long, appears to capture 27-year-old Neda Agha-Soltan's lying in the street, blood streaming from her nose and mouth moments after she was shot at a protest. The image is a powerful example of citizens' ability to document events inside Iran despite government restrictions on foreign media and Internet and phone lines.

Warning: This video contains scenes of graphic violence



Her fiance, Caspian Makan, told BBC Persian TV about the circumstances of Neda's death, saying that "She was near the area, a few streets away, from where the main protests were taking place, near the Amir-Abad area. She was with her music teacher, sitting in a car and stuck in traffic."

"The authorities are aware that everybody in Iran and throughout the whole world knows about her story. So that's why they didn't want a memorial service. They were afraid that lots people could turn up at the event. So as things stand now, we are not allowed to hold any gatherings to remember Neda," he added.

The limits imposed amid the unrest over the disputed election make details of the woman's life and events immediately preceding her apparent death difficult to confirm. But clips of the woman being called Neda are among the most viewed items on YouTube - with untold numbers of people passing along the amateur videos through social networks and watching them on television.

The images entered wide circulation Saturday when two distinct videos purporting to show her death appeared separately on YouTube and Facebook.

They show people trying desperately to treat the woman, who is clad in blue jeans, white sneakers, a black jacket and the headscarf required by Iran's Islamic dress code. Her eyes roll back and blood squirts from her nose, pouring across her face as those trying to help her scream.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Neda dear, don't be afraid," a white-haired man in a striped shirt repeats throughout the longer of the videos, his voice escalating throughout.

People posting the video say the woman was shot by a member of the pro-government Basij militia. That information could not be independently verified: Reporters for foreign news organizations have been barred from reporting on the streets of Tehran, and the Iranian government has not released any information about her death.

An acquaintance of her family said Neda worked part-time at a travel agency in Iran and that the government barred the family from holding a public funeral Monday. The acquaintance spoke on condition of anonymity because she feared government reprisal. The Iranian government has banned all public gatherings, though there was no specific information about funerals for those killed in recent clashes.

Although the Iranian government has blocked many Web sites including Facebook and has jammed satellite television signals, the videos of the woman's death have been circulating inside the country. People have used anti-filtering software to download them. Some Iranians have uploaded the footage to their cell phones and used Bluetooth technology to share it.

The bloody imagery alone could have an important impact on public opinion in Iran, where the idea of martyrdom resonates deeply among a populace steeped in the stories and imagery of Shiite Islam, a faith founded on the idea of self-sacrifice in the cause of justice.

The deaths of protesters during the 1979 Islamic Revolution fueled a cycle of mourning marches that contributed to the overthrow of the U.S.-backed dictator, Shah Reza Pahlavi.

Thousands of people inside and outside Iran have written online tributes to the woman, many condemning the government and praising her as a martyr. Some posted photos of a gently smiling woman they said was Neda, some calling her Iran's Joan of Arc.

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      1.   can a country that kills it`s own people be tursted with nuklear? 23:31  |  Joey 22/06/09
      2.   Neda`s death 23:42  |  Ramin 22/06/09
      3.   technically... 23:42  |  Colin Wright 22/06/09
      4.   Sounds like Lieberman`s party 23:50  |  mary 22/06/09
      5.   Banning mourning for Shaheeds 23:51  |  Arie 22/06/09
      6.   Taking a cue from Israel 00:04  |  Arnold 23/06/09
      7.   Banning Mourning??? 00:51  |  Baruch Gold 23/06/09
      8.   How is this different from Israel banning the mourning of Nakba? 01:09  |  American in NY 23/06/09
      9.   Isreali HYPOCRITES 02:37  |  km 23/06/09
      10.   Bodies? What bodies? 02:50  |  Mark Lincoln 23/06/09
      11.   the end is near for this regime 02:51  |  Observer 23/06/09
      12.   question 03:13  |  Farmer 23/06/09
      13.   Protestors 03:42  |  Guy from NYC 23/06/09
      14.   are you kidding? 04:08  |  your brothers? 23/06/09
      15.   The UN is useless, everyone know it`s in Iran`s favor... 04:19  |  BBSNews 23/06/09
      16.   Any Muslim condemnations? 04:26  |  judith 23/06/09
      17.   Goodbye U.S. Engagement Policy With Iran 04:34  |  Jeff Northridge 23/06/09
      18.   Iranian 04:41  |  womens rights? 23/06/09
      19.   The amazing thing is not that Israel does this 04:44  |  Natallie Durson 23/06/09
      20.   Election responses 05:13  |  JB 23/06/09
      21.   More Civilians Killed in Iraq Today Than Iran 05:23  |  Jerry 23/06/09
      22.   durson:"Amazing thing" 05:25  |  Arie 23/06/09
      23.   It`s a sad day when the UN Chief speaks .. 05:26  |  Uncle Sam 23/06/09
      24.   52 Muslim States 05:26  |  Arie 23/06/09
      25.   The amazing thing 05:33  |  Edifice 23/06/09
      26.   NATALIE.It Does?? Live bullets at unarmed demonstrators? 05:34  |  PETER SM 23/06/09
      27.   Please don`t confuse me with Durson 05:38  |  Tin Man 23/06/09
      28.   Dead right Jeff Northridge 05:40  |  Peter Williams 23/06/09
      29.   Not Israel, for a change 05:48  |  T. Traub 23/06/09
      30.   PETER SM 05:57  |  Natallie Durson 23/06/09
      31.   Why don`t you condemn it, Natallie? 05:59  |  judith 23/06/09
      32.   Peaceful protests 06:01  |  judith 23/06/09
      33.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 06:16  |  crlman 23/06/09
      34.   Allah Thank the UN shouts The Supreme Leader! 06:26  |  Mark Lincoln 23/06/09
      35.   #19 Natalie can`t...she needs a brain 06:29  |  Scarecrow 23/06/09
      36.   Natallie 06:45  |  Tor 23/06/09
      37.   Who killed Neda? 06:49  |  John 23/06/09
      38.   Natallie Durson 06:56  |  thomas 23/06/09
      39.   NATALIE .The Gaza civillians were amongst Hamas FIRING at IDF 06:58  |  PETER SM 23/06/09
      40.   When the israelis shows Schadenfreude for not being UN`s only 07:04  |  Kris Lazar 23/06/09
      41.   This is a Reckonin` 07:17  |  `Doc` Holiday 23/06/09
      42.   You bethcha `Doc` 07:19  |  Wyatt Earp 23/06/09
      43.   Not quite right Durson 07:28  |  Lola 23/06/09
      44.   Banning public mourning?sound like familiar practice in Israel!! 07:32  |  Moise 23/06/09
      45.   MAKE PEACE FROM A POSITION OF STRONG 07:36  |  indrajaya 23/06/09
      46.   I wonder, will British academics stand shoulder to shoulder with 07:40  |  Jehudah Ben-Israel 23/06/09
      47.   Mourne them at home, and send us the images. 07:41  |  Fortuna Benmayor 23/06/09
      48.   Will British academics boycott Iran? Why not? Not Jewish? 08:07  |  Yael 23/06/09
      49.   Guy from NYC #1 and Natallie Durson #7 It`s about Iran not Israel 08:11  |  S 23/06/09
      50.   IF YOU KILL ONE PERSON, IT IS JUST LIKE YOU KILL ALL HUMANITY 08:22  |  indrajaya 23/06/09
      51.   the situation sucks 08:39  |  assaf 23/06/09
      52.   #18, Durson 08:44  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/06/09
      53.   #5, Jeff Northridge 08:49  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/06/09
      54.   Israel is at war Natallie 08:57  |  Peter Williams 23/06/09
      55.   class struggle 08:58  |  soruklu 23/06/09
      56.   Whatever, Ahmad is not going to have an easy time... 09:11  |  Esther 23/06/09
      57.   Iran 09:38  |  John 23/06/09
      58.   Natalie Durson-#18-Who is instigating the killings 09:46  |  Daniel Leopold 23/06/09
      59.   The consensus among Israels right wing supporters.. 09:50  |  Natallie Durson 23/06/09
      60.   To Natallie 09:58  |  Yosi 23/06/09
      61.   Amazing--Iranians are dying and the lefties criticize Israel! 10:04  |  IW 23/06/09
      62.   IN THE DAWN OF DEMOCRACY 10:10  |  indrajaya 23/06/09
      63.   Neda is Iran`s & world`s bigger than life hero 10:23  |  Samuel Prime 23/06/09
      64.   Make Up Your Mind Cipora 10:40  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/06/09
      65.   If this had happened in Gaza or Westbank.... 10:48  |  Aaron 23/06/09
      66.   UN S-G and EU statements 10:54  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/06/09
      67.   #49, Mark of Lewiston 11:11  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/06/09
      68.   1 Joey - Ever Hear of Kent State? 11:15  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/06/09
      69.   Baruch Gold 11:21  |  Jiji 23/06/09
      70.   wow! those are expensive bullets! 11:34  |  sllick 23/06/09
      71.   PETER SM #22 live bullets at unarmed demonstrators? 11:44  |  Roo 23/06/09
      72.   Its a color revolution 11:46  |  maoriboy 23/06/09
      73.   51 Cipora - US & UK Circumstances 11:48  |  Mark of Lewiston 23/06/09
      74.   Mark Of Lewiston 11:49  |  mario 23/06/09
      75.   Didn`t think of that one 11:53  |  observer 23/06/09
      76.   Well This Is Hitler 1938 For Sure... 11:54  |  Yosemite 23/06/09
      77.   KHAMEINI Can`t be feeling very threatened,no compromise at all 12:00  |  PETER SM 23/06/09
      78.   Iran vs Israel 12:15  |  Equaliser 23/06/09
      79.   AM in NY The Naqba was banned in Israel? Since when? 12:16  |  PETER SM 23/06/09
      80.   I hope you are right Indrajaya but... 12:19  |  Danalogue 23/06/09
      81.   Rachel Corrie; NEDA NEDA 12:20  |  momo 23/06/09
      82.   # 71, DANALOGUE 12:35  |  indrajaya 23/06/09
      83.   Natalie Durson you are missing the point 12:40  |  Danalogue 23/06/09
      84.   My good God.... 12:43  |  Christian of Denmark 23/06/09
      85.   A Free Iran is a Freer World 12:51  |  Jon S. 23/06/09
      86.   MOMO Dont you care if your brothers shoot your sisters? 12:55  |  PETER SM 23/06/09
      87.   Natallie Durson (#19) Comparing Israel to Iran Regime 13:04  |  Gil 23/06/09
      88.   Two words 13:10  |  Gully Foyle 23/06/09
      89.   Durson et al: "If they kill innocents, good moment to blame Jews" 13:24  |  Israeli citizen 23/06/09
      90.   to momo 13:29  |  mike 23/06/09
      91.   Natallie Durson (#30) Israel has a long, long way to go to 13:33  |  Gil 23/06/09
      92.   Natallie Durson (#30) Israel has a long, long way to go to 13:34  |  Gil 23/06/09
      93.   Want to understand what`s happening in Iran? 13:34  |  martin knopfman 23/06/09
      94.   Hypocrisy! 13:38  |  Palestinian 23/06/09
      95.   Why dig more then a 150 graves for a reported 17 dead protesters? 13:41  |  Gil 23/06/09
      96.   @69 easy to explain by the killer`s salary increase to be payed 13:43  |  Jew-and Bookburner 23/06/09
      97.   Jeff Northridge 13:50  |  Palestinian 23/06/09
      98.   # 75, DANALOGUE 13:57  |  indrajaya 23/06/09
      99.   Will Iran use its weapons of mass destruction ?! 14:07  |  Akram Zekaria 23/06/09
      100.   Iran or Brazil? 14:17  |  Richard 23/06/09
      101.   Durson et al: "If they kill innocents, good moment to blame Jews" 14:18  |  Israeli citizen 23/06/09
      102.   #26 psm really it does --here is proof--if that interests you 14:47  |  Jane@amazon.com 23/06/09
      103.   PETER SM--yes really---proof this way==== 14:53  |  Raven 23/06/09
      104.   Cipora Julianna Kohn # 53 Maybe Obama Can 14:53  |  Jeff Northridge 23/06/09
      105.   car #54 where are u PW Israel chooses to stay at war 14:58  |  Jane@amazon.com 23/06/09
      106.   NEDA thank you RIP, you just uncovered the face of Evil 15:02  |  Fatwa 23/06/09
      107.   mullahs will go, sooner or later 15:04  |  mehmet 23/06/09
      108.   S--no it is not sad it is hypocrisy for Israel to be making comme 15:05  |  Jane@amazon.com 23/06/09
      109.   Ahmadinejad kicked Bibi`s a** 15:09  |  Gully Foyle 23/06/09
      110.   Durson- we have waited and waited 15:15  |  Arnold 23/06/09
      111.   Charge for bullets 15:19  |  John 23/06/09
      112.   durson 15:24  |  Paul 23/06/09
      113.   Natallie 15:27  |  David 23/06/09
      114.   Answering #1 Joey 15:28  |  Devasahayam 23/06/09
      115.   #8;American in NY, take off the blinders 15:31  |  DOC HOLLIDAY 23/06/09
      116.   Family charged for bulletts 15:50  |  Tibor Hollander 23/06/09
      117.   RAVEN.An illegal order!.Ami Ayalon 15:51  |  PETER SM 23/06/09
      118.   79# Indrajaya 16:06  |  Danalogue 23/06/09
      119.   To S. No. 49 16:16  |  Ralph Houk 23/06/09
      120.   19# Natalie your argument has no substance 16:17  |  Danalogue 23/06/09
      121.   Rachel Corrie 16:20  |  Linichka 23/06/09
      122.   "American" in NY: Banning naqba? Check the facts 16:23  |  Arie 23/06/09
      123.   NO WONDER 16:25  |  Arie 23/06/09
      124.   JANE "peaceful demonstrations" had already killed an Israeli 16:26  |  PETER SM 23/06/09
      125.   yes!! .. REALLYY!! 16:32  |  Reem 23/06/09
      126.   to answer your question John (37) those for whom you post here 16:32  |  Jew-and Bookburner 23/06/09
      127.   Jeff Northridge from fantasy island #93 16:45  |  Roo 23/06/09
      128.   REEM where to start with your distortions? 16:47  |  PETER SM 23/06/09
      129.   It is odd 16:51  |  patriot 23/06/09
      130.   The Nazis did similar things 16:51  |  AA 23/06/09
      131.   money talkes 16:54  |  WS 23/06/09
      132.   PETER SM #26 hypocrisy ALERT! 17:00  |  Roo 23/06/09
      133.   Irans new Revolution 17:01  |  Kevin 23/06/09
      134.   Who is killing civilians in 17:07  |  patriot 23/06/09
      135.   Natalie and the like,This is Iran.This is what these poor people 17:08  |  ks 23/06/09
      136.   and Where are the Palestinians rights? 17:20  |  Tony Silver 23/06/09
      137.   Mehmet - who filled in the ballot boxes in Turkey? 17:21  |  David Israel 23/06/09
      138.   to# 50 indrajaya, thanks for citing the TALMUD 17:28  |  maurice 23/06/09
      139.   It is a religious right to mourn and a human one too 17:31  |  Big Sur 23/06/09
      140.   judging 17:36  |  oz 23/06/09
      141.   bulldozers 17:37  |  edgar 23/06/09
      142.   Indrajaya- Are you converting? 17:44  |  Arie 23/06/09
      143.   Durson:"killing civilians" 17:45  |  Arie 23/06/09
      144.   Iran and Netanyahu 17:47  |  lynn Fux 23/06/09
      145.   Will Something Relect From the Blood of Martyr`s Like Neda 17:47  |  Douglas Fireman 23/06/09
      146.   Direct Question for Natallie Durson 18:10  |  Snipes 23/06/09
      147.   Iranian Revolution will Provide unprecedented opportunities. 18:11  |  Johannes Gutenburg 23/06/09
      148.   ROO shooting fish in a barrel? When they are shooting at you?? 18:16  |  PETER SM 23/06/09
      149.   By this time next month 18:17  |  Christopher 23/06/09
      150.   PETER SM wriggle wriggle squirm and shift 18:54  |  Roo 23/06/09
      151.   # 145, CHRISTOPHER 19:21  |  indrajaya 23/06/09
      152.   #145 Christopher--u have been at it for 60 years 19:22  |  Jane@amazon.com 23/06/09
      153.   Christopher, #145, you are ABSOLUTELY right 19:22  |  Voice of Reason 23/06/09
      154.   #138 Big Sur check before you speak 19:27  |  Labhras 23/06/09
      155.   Following my post #49 19:27  |  S 23/06/09
      156.   #143 snipes--perhaps it is the voracity with which 19:35  |  Jane@amazon.com 23/06/09
      157.   Jeff Northridge 19:43  |  TonyL 23/06/09
      158.   Peter Williams 19:52  |  TonyL 23/06/09
      159.   Iran charges 20:11  |  Rigoletto 23/06/09
      160.   #154 lAHBRAS IT IS BECAUSE dURSON SAID SO 20:30  |  Big Sur 23/06/09
      161.   Big Sur you are being unscientific again 20:49  |  Labhras 23/06/09
      162.   Durson: Stay In Your Delusionary World 21:28  |  Brad 23/06/09
      163.   Whoops 21:33  |  Colin Wright 23/06/09
      164.   Hundreds of bahais executed, tortured without a trial 21:36  |  enrique 23/06/09
      165.   Did they arrest his family and bulldoze his house? 21:46  |  peacelover 23/06/09
      166.   @93 This analysis misses the ecomic and religious facts. 21:47  |  Jew-and Bookburner 23/06/09
      167.   #50 INDY....you sure didn`t say all that 22:31  |  Lynn 23/06/09
      168.   Either the bullets are expensive or Iranians are lousy shots 22:55  |  Gee 23/06/09
      169.   Lynn 00:50  |  indrajaya 24/06/09
      170.   Roo there is no comparison 01:10  |  Peter Williams 24/06/09
      171.   Compared to Israel Iran is tame 01:13  |  Skandar 24/06/09
      172.   Snipes - Why 01:37  |  Skandar 24/06/09
      173.   Haaretz change the topic,Roo doesn`t like it 01:44  |  Meo 24/06/09
      174.   expensive bullet uranium? 01:47  |  eirebi 24/06/09
      175.   Neda, Iran and the Arab world in general 02:01  |  Debbie 24/06/09
      176.   # 167, LYNN 02:30  |  indrajaya 24/06/09
      177.   Sounds like something Israel would do 02:33  |  Tarik 24/06/09
      178.   Kaveh Alipour Shot In the Head Saturday In Iran 02:49  |  Douglas Fireman 24/06/09
      179.   Silence in the Gulf 02:51  |  Mark Lincoln 24/06/09
      180.   No Mark, he has not heard of Kent State 02:56  |  Mark Lincoln 24/06/09
      181.   To Natallie 03:02  |  Gully Foyle 24/06/09
      182.   Have they bulldozed his house? 03:07  |  Mark Lincoln 24/06/09
      183.   165 Did They Arrest His Family Or Bulldoze His House 03:08  |  Douglas Fiireman 24/06/09
      184.   Fox News? 03:12  |  Mark Lincoln 24/06/09
      185.   re #159,Rigelleto 03:17  |  JTA 24/06/09
      186.   Why aren`t the British unions & academia boycotting Iran? 03:24  |  Natallie Durson 24/06/09
      187.   Iran charges slain man 03:31  |  Ran 24/06/09
      188.   To # 50 Indrajaya, Bloody Bagus, Well Said! 03:56  |  Michael J 24/06/09
      189.   bullets are made of pure old 04:54  |  yael 24/06/09
      190.   The presence of teenage street thugs as enforcers 05:08  |  Mark Lincoln 24/06/09
      191.   The death of a once fine newspaper 05:27  |  Mark Lincoln 24/06/09
      192.   # 172, MICHAEL.J 05:41  |  indrajaya 24/06/09
      193.   Mark Lincoln 06:11  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/06/09
      194.   What we have been saying it is coming true 07:35  |  arik 24/06/09
      195.   Nedas 07:50  |  John 24/06/09
      196.   Debbie in Canada 07:51  |  Persian Kitty 24/06/09
      197.   John #193 08:22  |  Persian Kitty 24/06/09
      198.   ROO Molotov cocktails,ball bearings in slingshots,Jews attacked 08:46  |  PETER SM 24/06/09
      199.   John - 193 10:16  |  ChanahS 24/06/09
      200.   MUST BE TRUE if the Wall Street Journal says so! 10:18  |  PADDY 24/06/09
      201.   Peter Williams #169 14:54  |  Roo 24/06/09
      202.   To # 192 indrajaya 14:57  |  Michael J 24/06/09
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