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| Montazeri to be sprung Wednesay... |
| 2003-01-29 |
| 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 |