Mousavi nephew's body 'taken from hospital'

A relative of Iran’s opposition leader says the body of the leader’s nephew has been removed from a hospital without the family’s permission, a day after he was slain in an anti-government protest.

A relative of Iran’s opposition leader says the body of the leader’s nephew has been removed from a hospital without the family’s permission, a day after he was slain in an anti-government protest.

Reza Mousavi said Monday that the body of his brother, Ali Mousavi, was taken from a Tehran hospital, possibly by authorities seeking to deter mourners from organising more protests around his funeral.

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