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Khatami has openly sided with the challenger, Mir Hossein Moussavi, as has the reformist Grand Ayatollah Montazeri.
CNN: Zakaria: 'Fatal wound' inflicted on Iranian regime's ideology
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As Grand Ayatollah Montazeri has just said, this movement is challenging the very legitimacy of the Islamic republic.
CNN: Commentary: Rigged or not, vote fractures Iran
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Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a learned and independent-minded cleric, was once Khomeini's anointed successor as supreme leader.
ECONOMIST: The people against the mullahs
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Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Senior Iranian dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri died overnight, several state-run Iranian news agencies reported Sunday.
CNN: Dissident senior cleric dies in Iran
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For example, Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri issued a statement on his Web site, saying that confronting protesters threatened the legitimacy of the Islamic republic because it was no longer representing the people.
CNN: Opposition movement in Iran not over, experts say