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Death of a Cleric in Iran

Montazeri at Rest

Montazeri at Rest

Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri lies beneath a shroud at his home on Dec. 20, 2009 in Qom, Iran. He was a senior Shiite cleric who was perhaps Iran's leading dissident cleric, fiercely critical of the hard-line Islamic regime. He was 87 when he died.

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Dec 20, 2009
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