Ayatollah vs. Ayatollah


McClatchy News is reporting that one of Iran’s most senior clerics, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, has called the election rigged.  He has also criticized the government crackdown on Mousavi supporters.   Montazeri himself was a leader of the 1979 revolution and a one-time rival to the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for the nation’s top position.

And yes, he has his own website.  Got Farsi?

Iran’s senior ayatollah slams election, confirming split

 


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