Iran holds bodies of slain protesters (AP)



This undated image courtesy of Paris-based Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf shows opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, left with his nephew Ali Mousavi. The body of Ali Mousavi, slain in the deadliest day of anti-government protests in months in Iran on Sunday Dec. 27, 2009, disappeared from a Tehran hospital Monday. (AP Photo/Courtesy Mohsen Makhmalbaf ) NO SALESAP - Iranian authorities said Monday that they were holding the bodies of five slain anti-government protesters, including the nephew of the opposition leader, in what appeared be an attempt to prevent activists from using their funerals as a platform for more demonstrations.

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