Son of defamed ex-successor to Islamic Republic founder confronts Khamenei
Ayatollah Montazeri, who died in 2009, was once designated to be the successor to the founder of the Islamic Republic, Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini.
IRANIAN SUPREME Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of Islamic Republic founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran on June 4, 2017(photo credit: REUTERS)ByTZVI JOFFRE
