Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, Shi’a source of emulation, passed away Sunday morning at the age of 87 in his home in the city of Qom. “He spent long periods of his life in the service of the ...

(Video footage from YouTube showing protesters at today's funeral chanting slogans in support of opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi.) Iran's top dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Top Iranian dissident Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a fierce critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was once tapped to ...

"If you're going to ask me questions about my regrets, plan to spend the next month or so in my house!" Those were the words with which Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri greeted me when I interviewed ...

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 ...

The death of Iranian Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri on Sunday quickly set off protests in Tehran, with students and others championing Montazeri's ideals of liberal reform as well as his ...