Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri News

Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri News From AOL News

The Difference One Ayatollah Might Make

(Dec. 21) -- The death of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri may prove to be a turning point for Iran's embattled reform movement. It may mark the moment when the surging wave of discontent overwhelms the country's remorseless theocratic leadership -- or one when the outrage crests and then recedes. The funeral...

Iranian Cleric's Funeral Turns Into Protest

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Dec. 21) -- Tens of thousands of Iranian mourners turned the funeral procession of the country's most senior dissident cleric into an anti-government protest Monday, chanting "Death to the dictator" and slogans in support of the opposition amid heavy security. Witnesses said security forces...

Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri News From AOL

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Khamenei: A Counterfeit Leader

We all know that the present Iranian regime systematically uses political expediency to pursue its monopolization of power.

Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri News From the Web

01/08/11 Iran's Karrubi Meets Family Of Activist Sentenced For... Source: Payvand Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi has met with the family of a journalist and rights activist who was given a lengthy prison sentence for recording an interview with a dissident cleric, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports.
12/15/10 Iranian court convicts reformer of insulting supreme... Source: Macleans The website, kaleme.com, said the hardline Revolutionary Court in Mashhad, northeastern Iran, found Ghabel guilty of insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
12/11/10 "They are even terrified of the dead Ayatollah... Source: Payvand Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri died at the age of 87 on December 19, 2009.
12/04/10 Services to mark 1-year anniversary of death of senior... Source: Winnipeg Free Press - Manitoba - Canada The family of Iran's once most senior dissident cleric has cancelled commemorations to mark the one-year anniversary of his death, saying it fears a repeat of the clashes between supporters and security forces that marred the late cleric's funeral last year.

Background on Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri

Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri Najafabadi (1922 – 19 December 2009) () was a prominent Iranian scholar, Islamic theologian, Shiite Islamic democracy advocate, writer and human rights activist.

more at wikipedia »