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| Iran militia attack pro-reform cleric's home in Qom |
| 2009-12-23 |
| The home of a senior pro-reform cleric Ayatollah Yousaf Sanei was attacked by members of an Islamic militia and "plainclothes men" in the holy city of Qom on Tuesday, a reformist website said. The Norooz site said attackers insulted Sanei, beat up some of his associates and broke windows. There was no immediate official comment. The reported incident took place a day after the funeral procession of Iran's leading dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri. It said the people gathered at the funeral were chanting anti-government slogans. Earlier on Tuesday, the semi-official Fars News Agency said pro-government theology students had staged a rally in Qom to protest "the insult against sanctities" during Montazeri's funeral procession. The news agency said the demonstration ended outside Sanei's home but it was not clear whether it was linked to the attack on Sanei's house as reported by Norooz. The demonstrators chanted, "The city of Qom is no city for hypocrites," and signed a statement calling for Sanei to be defrocked, Fars reported. One of the signatories, cleric Ahmad Panahian, said: "The trenches of the hypocrites in Qom must be destroyed." |
| Posted by:Fred |