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Bullets for Bodies, A Sick Twist in Iran Protests

Revolutionary Guard charging families the cost of killing loved ones amid economic turmoil and exports of terror

Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen
SOURCEAsia Times
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States on April 8, a first for a state entity. (Photo: AFP)

There are protests and riots across Iran, brutally put down by Iranian security forces and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC); the government is charging families for the bullets used to kill their loved ones before releasing bodies to them. Inflation is rampant and economic growth is negative. Sanctions on Iranian oil shipments have led Iran to steal Iraqi oil, one cause of the anti-Iranian riots across Iraq.