Monday, Dec. 21, 2009
He died at exactly the right time. He will be revered for his courage, and his example is likely to restore some of the clergy's prestige.
- RASOOL NAFISI,
- an Iran expert at Strayer University, on the death of Grand Ayatullah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a senior Shi'ite cleric who became a fierce critic of the country's hard-line rulers