Early Life and Public Career
Born in 1922, Montazeri was from a peasant family in Najafabad, a city in Isfahan Province, 250 miles south of Tehran.
| Muslim scholar Hossein-Ali Montazeri |
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| Title | Grand Ayatollah |
| Born | 1922 |
| Died | 19 December 2009 (aged 87) |
| Era | Modern era |
| Region | Iran |
| Madh'hab | Shia Islam |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh, Irfan, Islamic philosophy, Islamic ethics, Hadith, politics |
| Notable idea(s) | Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists, Islamic Democrasy, Dynamic Fiqh |
| Notable work(s) | Al-Hodod, From Beginning to End, Hoghogh, Islam-Religion of mould |
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His early theological education was in Isfahan. Montazeri then went to Qom where he studied under Khomeini and went on to become a teacher at the Faiziyeh Theological School. While there he answered Khomeini's call to protest the White Revolution of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in June 1963 and was active in anti-Shah clerical circles.
After Khomeini was forced into exile by the Shah, Montazeri "sat at the center of the clerical network" which Khomeini had established to fight the Pahlavi rule. He was sent to prison in 1974 and released in 1978 in time to be active during the revolution.
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