It cost the Iranian Government $3,000 to Kill a Protester

Posted on June 23, 2009 at 2:25 am

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.

From: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124571865270639351.html

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