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Iranian Islamic Ethics Professor: Executed Journalist Ruhollah Zam Is a Martyr, Khamenei Is Responsible

(MEMRI) Iranian ethics professor Ayatollah Mahmoud Amjad said in a video he uploaded to his Instagram account on December 15, 2020: "Our problem as [religious scholars], who don turbans, is that we think we are the chosen people and that everything we say is the word of God and the Prophet, so people must listen to us without hesitation. This is a huge mistake." "Silence in the face of oppression is betrayal. So many crimes and evil actions have been perpetrated. People tell me not to call [journalist] Ruhollah [Zam] a martyr. No! I refer to him as the martyr Ruhollah, and so should you....I refer to everyone who has been killed over the last 40 years as a martyr." "We are hated by God, by the Prophet, by the Quran, and by everyone, yet we think we are superior....All the blood that has been spilled and all the people who have been killed since [the election riots in] 2009 - Mr. Khamenei, you are responsible!...We hope that he truly repents, and may his repentance result in people having freedom of expression, in people living in prosperity, and in the renewal of the constitution."
2020-12-24 00:00:00
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