Opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi issued a joint statement in which they pronounced Monday, Dec. 21 as a day of national mourning and called on their supporters to attend the ...

A legacy that will haunt the regime. [ analysis ] The demise of Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri brought an important chapter in the history of the Islamic Republic to a close, but may have opened a ...

QOM, Iran, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Mourners with the opposition movement in Iran chanted anti-government slogans at the Monday funeral for dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri. Montazeri, ...

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Thousands of supporters of Iran’s most senior dissident cleric marched through streets in his hometown Sunday and descended upon Qom, the country’s main theological center, to mourn his passing just ...

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Scott Lucas reacts to the passing of Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who died in his sleep this morning: Montazeri, 87, was one of the most prominent clerics in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution ...

Heavy clashes have been reported outside an Isfahan mosque where a memorial ceremony was due to be held in honor of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a founding architect of the Iranian ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. "If you're going to ask me questions about my regrets, plan to spend ...