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Source: http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD243909
Senior Cleric Issues Fatwa Against Iranian Regime
[MEMRI] On July 11, 2009, an Iranian website published a fatwa by senor Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri regarding the legitimacy of the current Iranian government: "A regime that uses clubs, oppression, aggression against [the people's] rights, injustice, rigged elections, murder, arrests, and medieval or Stalin-era torture, gags and censors the press, obstructs the media, imprisons intellectuals and elected leaders on false allegations or forced confessions...is despicable and has no religious merit."