Backers of Dissident Cleric Arrested
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From Times Wire Reports
Eight clerics who support a moderate religious leader who challenged the clergy’s right to rule Iran have been arrested, a weekly Iranian newspaper reported. In November 1997, Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri was publicly repudiated after he questioned the legitimacy of rule by the clergy, including Iran’s powerful spiritual leader Ali Khamenei. Khamenei accused him of treason. Montazeri has been confined to his house in Qom since last year.
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