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Unlike the other protesters, Mr. Moussavi appears to have been killed by assassins, in a political gesture aimed at his uncle, according to Mohsen Makhmalbaf, an opposition figure based in Paris with close ties to the Moussavi family.

Mr. Moussavi was run over by an SUV outside his home, Mr. Makhmalbaf wrote on his Web site. Five men then emerged from the car, and one of them shot him to death at point-blank range. Government officials TOOK THE BODY late Sunday, and WARNED THE FAMILY NOT TO HOLD A FUNERAL.

One video showed a group of protesters setting an entire police station aflame in Tehran. Another showed people carrying off the body of a dead protester, chanting “I’ll kill, I’ll kill the one who killed my brother.”

...There were scattered reports of police officers surrendering, or refusing to fight. Several videos posted to the Internet show officers holding up their helmets and walking away from the melee, as protesters pat them on the back in appreciation. In one photograph, several police officers can be seen holding their arms up, and one of them wears a bright green headband, the signature color of the opposition movement.

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