For a long time, Montazeri was the one ayatollah Khomeini, the late leader of the Islamic Regime of Iran envisioned as his successor but he fell out of favor with Khomeini after criticizing the executions of political prisoners in 1988.
For a long time, Montazeri was the one ayatollah Khomeini, the late leader of the Islamic Regime of Iran envisioned as his successor but he fell out of favor with Khomeini after criticizing the executions of political prisoners in 1988.