Rebel Ayatollah
Ayatollah Montezeri was Khomeini's heir apparent until he turned his back on the revolution he helped found. Despite the threats, he continued to rail against Iran's government.
A 2006 report on Montazeri's support for democracy and against the Iranian dictatorship. "It makes me laugh. The press say we respect human rights in Iran. It's a joke". Montazeri was branded a traitor and placed under house arrest after he questioned his friend Khomeini. He believed all violence to be un-Islamic. "There were no political prisoners during the reign of our prophet".
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