when a nation is made to hear insults and abuse against Amir al momineen (as) everyday for seventy years, generation after generation, then naturally this is how they will think and speak. May God’s curse be upon muawiya, banu umayyah, and the people of syria.
for expressing these views, he was labeled an american agent. Not only was a capable and respected scholar publicly humiliated and discredited, but he was also placed under lifelong house arrest. Those responsible for this were khomeini and after him, khamenei.
“before he fell out with khomeini”
montazeri served as khomeini’s deputy for about nine years, from the time of the islamic revolution in 1979 until around 1988. He was considered a highly learned scholar at iran’s highest religious level.
khamenai was also a mid ranking cleric when he was elected supreme leader. it initially had to be montazeri before he fell out with khomeini. the highest jurist thing fizzled out right then. mid ranking mojtaba’s election follows his own father’s precedent.
montazeri also believed that islam should not be imposed by force. He argued that it could be implemented through love and persuasion rather than coercion, warning that enforcing it through repression would ultimately cause harm.
Heartbreaking scenes show Iranians searching through their children’s bags and books after an Israeli-American strike killed around 86 girls at an elementary school.