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Montazeri to be sprung Wednesay...
Dissident cleric Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, one-time chosen successor of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, is to be freed from five-years of house arrest Wednesday, President Mohammed Khatami said. The decision to free the 80-year-old cleric was taken days ago by the conservative-dominated Supreme Council of National Security, chaired by Khatami, and grouping Iran's top leaders, senior army officials and the ministers of intelligence, foreign affairs, interior and defence.They're trying to throw a sop to the reformers, figuring that since the guy's 80 years old he can't cause much more trouble... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-01-29 |
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