Hossein Ali Montazeri

IRAN: Ayatollah calls government a 'military regime,' calls for clerical revolt [Updated]

2009-09-17 08:53:05

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IRAN: Video of dissident cleric's funeral ceremony

2009-12-21 16:32:20

<![CDATA[IRAN: Video of dissident cleric's funeral ceremony]]>

In today's pages: healthcare bill deals, a tarmac deadline and President Obama's rhetoric

2009-12-22 16:33:50

<![CDATA[In today's pages: healthcare bill deals, a tarmac deadline and President Obama's rhetoric]]>

IRAN: Ahmadinejad fires Mousavi from arts academy; faculty members threaten to quit

2009-12-23 16:32:22

<![CDATA[IRAN: Ahmadinejad fires Mousavi from arts academy; faculty members threaten to quit]]>

IRAN: More video footage from scenes of protests surface

2009-12-27 16:32:19

<![CDATA[IRAN: More video footage from scenes of protests surface]]>

IRAN: Government on brink of collapse, says man claiming to be former intelligence officer

2010-01-13 16:32:23

<![CDATA[IRAN: Government on brink of collapse, says man claiming to be former intelligence officer]]>

Iran's Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri dies at 87; prime defender of the protest movement

2009-12-20 18:19:00

Thousands of supporters of Iran's most senior dissident cleric marched through streets in his hometown and descended upon the country's main theological center today to mourn his passing just days before the climax of a politically charged religious...

The beginning of the end for the Islamic Republic?

2009-06-19 11:54:00

Today's topic: Do the massive protests threaten the regime in Iran? Is this the beginning of the end for the Islamic Republic? The regime has been challenged, but will it change? Point: Matthew Duss Two days ago, I would have simply answered no. I'm...

IRAN, TURKEY: European broadcaster to launch Persian, Turkish news channels

2010-01-19 16:33:17

Iran Protests Turn Violent As Demonstrators Confront Police

2009-12-28 00:00:00

The months-long confrontation between Iran's budding opposition movement and a hard-line government determined to stamp it out escalated sharply over the weekend, as parts of the capital became engulfed in fiery political protest and demonstrations...

Montazeri is seen at his house in Qom in 2005. Once slated to be the successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Montazeri fell out of the Islamic Republic's inner circle after he criticized the mass killing of prisoners in the late 1980s.

2009-12-21 08:46:41

Pro-reform Iranians attend the funeral ceremony of Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri , shown in poster, in the holy city of Qom. Montazeri, who died late Saturday at the age of 87, was a key figure in the 1979 Islamic Revolution who later accused his fellow clerical leaders of imposing a dictatorship

2009-12-21 00:00:00

Men climb a tree to catch a glimpse of Montazeri's casket during his funeral procession.

2009-12-21 00:00:00