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Sunday
Dec202009

Latest Iran Video: Montazeri's Criticism of Supreme Leader Khamenei (1997; Redistributed October 2009)

In 1997, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri declared that the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was not worthy to be a majra (a senior cleric worthy of emulation). The declaration resulted in his house arrest. Earlier this year, the video re-surfaced again amidst post-election protest:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oer5bLZDSG8[/youtube]

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