Hossein-Ali Montazeri
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Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri (حسینعلی منتظری in Persian) was one of the leaders of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. After the revolution came to power, Montazeri was the deputy to Ayatollah Khomeini as the Supreme Leader of Iran. Montazeri was designated by Ayatollah Khomeini to be his successor as supreme leader of Iran. This did not come to pass, because of differences with Khomeini.
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"Either officials change their methods and give freedom to the people, and stop interfering in elections, or the people will rise up with another revolution,...There is no freedom, repression is carried out in the name of Islam, and that turns people off...All these court summonses, newspaper closings and prosecutions of dissidents are wrong. These are the same things that were done under the shah and are now being repeated. And now they are done in the name of Islam and therefore alienate people." (NYT) (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/12/opinion/12KRIS.html?hp)