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December 21, 2009

Prominent Iranian Dissident Cleric is Buried
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In Iran tens of thousands of people turned out today for the funeral of
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, one of Iran’s most prominent
dissident clerics. Montazeri was a fierce critic of President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad and called his re-election a fraud. Meanwhile, an Iranian
military court has determined at least three Iranian political prisoners
were beaten to death by their jailers following June’s presidential
election. On Saturday, three Iranian jail officials were charged with
murder.



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