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January 24, 2003 TEHRAN, Jan 23 (AFP) - Dissident cleric Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Iran's one-time supreme leader-in-waiting, will "soon" be released from house arrest amid concerns over his health, two prominent conservative newspapers. "According to reliable information, the Supreme Council of National Security (Iran's top decision-making body on security matters) will examine the question of the end to the house arrest of Mr. Montazeri," the Jomhuri-e-Eslami and Keyhan wrote in unison. The newspapers' editors are both appointees of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Kayhan added that a decision on the case "will be accelerated due to the state of health" of Montazeri. Montazeri, 80, was once the designated heir of the leader of Iran's 1979 revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, but was passed over in 1988 after criticising the Islamic regime. Photo from Montazeri.com Sent by BK Who is your Iranian of the day? Email your image
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