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QOM, Iran, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a leading figure in Iran's 1979 revolution, has died at his home in Qom at age 87, his family said.
TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Demonstrators took to the streets of Tehran following Friday prayers to protest reformers who vandalized pictures of Ayatollah Khomeini, state media said.
TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- An opposition cleric in Iran said the government was disrespecting the Islamic republic by exploiting the vandalism of pictures of Ayatollah Khomeini.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Concern over political corruption in the office of Iran's supreme leader suggests Ali Khamenei may be the last person to hold the position, an analyst said.
TEHRAN, June 29 (UPI) -- Both sides in the Iranian political dispute should avoid stirring up emotions and instead seek resolutions through legal means, the supreme leader said.
TEHRAN, June 26 (UPI) -- Unrest in the wake of the Iranian election has moved from a challenge to the election results to one of the political system, The Wall Street Journal reports.
TEHRAN, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Iran has denied entry permits to 38 inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency as it continues its controversial uranium enrichment program.
TEHRAN, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Iran's highest-ranking Iranian cleric believes the country's Guardian Council is manipulating the law, and says it is a betrayal of the revolution. Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who led the 1979 Islamic Revolution along with Ayatollah Ruholla Kho
