Leading Clerics Defy Ayatollah on Disputed Iran Election
The most important group of religious leaders in Iran called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate on Saturday, an act of defiance against the country’s supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country’s clerical establishment.
A statement by the group, the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum, represents a significant, if so far symbolic, setback for the government and ...
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That clerics are now standing up to the Supreme Cleric shows that this issue is not going away. In fact is it coming back in the spotlight, will more clerics now join the fray? Interesting is it not?