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September 15, 2009

Grand Ayatollah Montazeri’s grandsons arrested

According Emruz (reformist), three grandsons of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri were arrested on Tuesday evening near their house in Qom. The three, Mohammad Mahdi, Mohammad Ali, and Mohammad Sadegh Montazeri, are the sons of Ayatollah Montazeri’s oldest son.
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri recently asked the other Grand Ayatollahs support the opposition and to speak against “the violations that are happening under the name of religion.”

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