IRAN - Jan. 31 - Montazeri Attacks Political Trials.(Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri)(Brief Article)

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In a private meeting at his home with a dozen reformist MPs and student activists, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri condemns political trials as being against Sharia and calls for revision of the traditionalist judiciary. He says: "The so-called political trials and verdicts have no basis in Sharia. The revolutionary court and special theological court are ...

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