There is news that Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has passed away at his home in Qom.  The 87-year-old Grand Ayatollah had been marginalized by Islamic

Crowds of mourners are gathering in the Iranian city of Qom following the death of leading reformist cleric Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri at 87.

LET’S SUPPOSE THE REGIME FORBIDS PUBLIC MOURNING: People’s grief is so deep and genuine, millions will defy Khamenei.  In this case it will be a far

Everyone can master a grief but he that has it. — William Shakespeare Last Sunday evening I heard the sad and heartbreaking news about Aydin

Lustick argues that the reason Israel is so vehement about stopping an Iranian weapon is NOT because it fears being attacked, but rather it fears

Every Iranian you talk to, whether in Tehran, LA, Toronto or Sydney telsl you s/he wants democracy for Iran.  That includes you right?  What kind

I’m not proud of what happened. Not ashamed, but not proud.  I’m going to write it off as a blip in character.  I like to

A dead man’s wealth is the love, dignity and wisdom that he has nurtured in the heart of others. Bravest of men must be those who for

Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri was widely recognised as the spiritual father of Iran’s reform movement. Initially the Iranian press played down news of his

The song is an old one, a bittersweet melody of grief and hope about a girl, Bahar, whose name is synonymous in Persian with the

by Roger Cohen Op Ed Columnist NY Times Dec 17, 2009 The main difference between Moscow 1989 and Tehran 2009 is that the Islamic Republic

وزارت ارشاد چند ساعت پس از درگذشت آیت‌الله حسینعلی منتظری، به روزنامه‌ها دستور داد درباره زندگی سیاسی این مرجع تقلید شیعه، مطلبی منتشر نکنند. به

گاهی اوقات پروانه های نشسته به روی نوک انگشتانم را به سمت پایین دست رودخانه ام پرت می کنم تا شاید دست از سرم بردارند.

One of Iran’s most prominent dissident clerics, Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri, has died aged 87. “Hoseyn Ali Montazeri passed away in his home last

This week, I organized a series of media and public events on the Iranian nuclear crisis which featured Prof. Muhammad Sahimi, an expert on Iran’s

Reporting from Tehran — One of Iran’s most senior clerics, a staunch defender of the nation’s opposition movement as well as a pillar of the

These are couple of open questions to all those advocates of “diplomacy” with IRR, the Islamist Rapist Republic. Despite that it might appear so, no

AMARA, Iraq — Iranian troops who for three days controversially occupied a disputed border oil well left the facility during the night but remain on

آيت الله منتظري درگذشت آيت الله حسينعلي منتظري از مراجع تقليد شيعيان شنبه شب، در هشتاد و هفت سالگي در شهر قم درگذشت. احمد منتظري،

از هم اکنون صدای پرواز هلیکوپتر های بسیاری بر فراز شهر تهران شنیده می شود . این صدا گواه آماده باش رژیم برای تظاهرات احتمالی

منتظری؛ احتمال اعلام حالت فوق العاده در چند گزارش دریافتی: جلسه ای با حضور تمامی عوامل کودتا در بیت خامنه ای تشکیل شده است. گفته

Regardless of the cause when one in its pursuit puts everything on the line, this sort of courage of conviction begets respect. Prince Edward of

شبكه جنبش راه سبز(جرس):وزارت ارشاد طي دستور العملي خطاب به روزنامه ها، محدوديت هاي فراواني را براي انتشار اخبار مربوط به درگذشت آيت الله العظمي

On 1th February 1979, reporting the arrival of of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran after the fall of the monarchy, Agence France Presse descried “a reception

خبر درگذشت عالم عالیقدر جهان شیعه، شادروان آیت الله العظمی حسینعلی منتظری، اینجانب را شدیداً متأثر و اندوهگین نمود. ایشان از معدود شخصیت‌های برجسته دینی