Sons, aides of prominent Iranian dissident cleric detained

Published November 3rd, 2003 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Iranian security agents on Monday detained two sons and two close aides of Iran's prominent dissident cleric, a wife of one of the detainees said.  

 

Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri's sons, Ahmad and Saeed Montazeri, together with his aides, Reza Ziaei and Gholamreza Hojjati, were taken into custody by security agents in Qom, Zahra Rabbani, Ahmad's wife, told The Associated Press.

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