A senior Iranian hard-line cleric says high-speed mobile Internet and third generation mobile services are “un-Islamic” and violate “human and moral norms”. Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi said Iranian authorities should introduce measures that would prevent access to the “negative features” of high-speed mobile Internet and 3G services before making them widely available. Makarem […]
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‘Death to Dictator’ Chants Reported In Iran At Ayatollah’s Funeral
Thousands of Iranians attending the funeral of a dissident ayatollah broke into chants against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and called for the release of political prisoners, opposition websites have reported. Amateur videos said to be from the June 4 funeral appear to confirm the reports. RFE/RL cannot verify the authenticity of the videos. […]
At least 5 students of senior dissident cleric arrested in Shiraz
Iranian authorities have arrested five students of a leading dissident cleric in the southern city of Shiraz, human rights sources say.
The search for Montazeri’s heirs
Three years since the death of the Shiite dissident, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, there is still no one in Iran who can assume his role as the spiritual authority of the reform movement.
Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani
Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani (1911 – September 9, 1979) was an Iranian theologian, humanist, Muslim reformer, democracy advocate and a senior Shi’a cleric of Iran.
Leading Iranian cleric calls on regime to avoid war with Israel
Ayatollah Yousef Sanei, a vocal opponent of Ahmadinejad, warns regime not to provoke Israel by ‘acting as warmongers;’ two former ministers call on supreme leader to set up new ruling council.
Ayatollah Dastghieb criticizes continued arrest of Green Movement members
Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Mohammad Dastghieb, one of the Shitte sources of emulation has once again harshly criticized the continued house arrest of Green Movement leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.
Condolence Of Jailed Managers And Stuff Of Majzooban Noor Website For The Death Of Ayatollah Sayed Abdollah Ayatollahi
It is HE who is alive“All of us are of God and will come back to God“The man, who was alive of love, never dies
Senior cleric calls for apology to Iranian people
Senior Shiite leader Ayatollah Mousavi Ardebili has spoken out in Qom against the current political situation in Iran, announcing that all current and former leaders of the Islamic Republic regime must apologize to the people.
Ayatollah Rafsanjani retains leadership of Expediency Council
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been reappointed as the head of Iran’s Expediency Council by the order of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.