Topic: Hussein Ali Montazeri
Iranian court convicts reformer of insulting supreme leader and gives jail and exile sentencesAn opposition activist has been convicted of vague charges of working against the ruling system and insulting the country's supreme leader and sentenced to 20 months in jail ...
Iran has sentenced award-winning journalist Emadeddin Baghi to a year in prison and banned him from political activities for five years, an opposition website reported.Baghi, who is also a well-known human rights activist, has been "sentenced to one year in prison ...
Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi on Tuesday called for those who "committed fraud" in last year's presidential poll to be prosecuted, as he vowed to keep the anti-government movement alive."A fair trial of those who committed the election fraud ...
Iran closes office of late dissident cleric after raid by hard-liners, his son saysThe son of a renowned Iranian dissident cleric says authorities shut down his late father's office after it was stormed by hard-liners.Ahmad Montazeri says the office of ...
Iran has stepped up pressure on the opposition, arresting a dissident cleric and warning against using SMS and email messages to organise anti-government protests, reports said on Friday.Mid-ranking cleric Mohammad Taghi Khalaji, who was close to late dissident Grand Ayatollah Hossein ...
Iran has stepped up pressure on the opposition, arresting a dissident cleric and warning against using SMS and email messages to organise anti-government protests, reports said on Friday.Mid-ranking cleric Mohammad Taghi Khalaji, who was close to late dissident Grand Ayatollah Hossein ...
Iran has arrested a cleric close to late dissident Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri amid a fresh crackdown on opposition supporters, a reformist website reported on Friday.Mid-ranking cleric " Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Taghi Khalaji was arrested at his home in the city of ...
Nobel winner Borlaug, Kennedy, King of Pop among the notables who died in 2009Of all the notables who died in 2009, the one who most changed the world could have walked down any Main Street USA without causing a stir.Scientist Norman ...
Any move by Iran's regime to kill or arrest opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi would have " catastrophic consequences" for the country, the son of late dissident cleric Hossein Ali Montazeri has told Germany's Spiegel magazine.Saeed Montazeri was also quoted ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran's rulers must compromise with opposition figures to avoid a worsening of the political turmoil, the son of the late dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri said in comments released on Saturday.In an interview with Germany's ...