The Funeral of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri

Opposition
Montazeri was considered the heir apparent of the Iranian regime up until the 1980's. After a mass execution of political prisoners
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Opposition
Montazeri was considered the heir apparent of the Iranian regime up until the 1980's. After a mass execution of political prisoners in 1989, he condemned the action and called for a "political and ideological reconstruction."

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