18 Facts About Mohammad Montazeri

Mohammad Montazeri was an Iranian cleric and military figure.

Mohammad Montazeri was one of the founding members and early chiefs of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Mohammad Montazeri was assassinated in a bombing in Tehran on 28 June 1981.

In 1963 Mohammad Montazeri attended religious seminars in Qom together with his long-term confidant Mehdi Hashemi and Mehdi's brother Hadi Hashemi who would be the future husband of Mohammad Montazeri's sister.

Mohammad Montazeri began opposition activities against Mohammad Reza Pahlavi after the June 1963 events that led to the exile of Khomeini.

Mohammad Montazeri headed an armed group that was based in Syria and Lebanon and fought against Israeli forces.

Mohammad Montazeri was one of the three Iranian key officials along with Mostafa Chamran and Mohtashamipur who strengthened Iran's commitment to Lebanon.

Mohammad Montazeri visited Ayatollah Khomeini when the latter was in exile in Paris.

Mohammad Montazeri headed a faction of the Guards in Tehran that functioned as a strong arm of the Supreme Leader Khomeini.

At the founding and institutionalization phase of the Guards Mohammad Montazeri became a member of the Revolutionary Guards Leadership Council in 1979 which was formed by the Revolutionary Council to oversee the future tasks of the Guard.

Mohammad Montazeri joined and led the Muslim People's Republic Party and became a member of the first Majlis in March 1980.

Mohammad Montazeri was one of the most radical followers of Ayatollah Khomeini.

Mohammad Montazeri was a fierce critic of the interim government led by Mahdi Bazargan due to the same reason.

Mohammad Montazeri supported the development of links with Shia Muslims in Lebanon.

Mohammad Montazeri tried to make Iran a key player in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Mohammad Montazeri was part of the Libya-friendly group in the court of Khomeini, and there was a feud between his group and the faction, called "Syrian mafia", led by Sadegh Ghotbzadeh.

Mohammad Montazeri was killed in a bombing at the central headquarters of the then ruling party, Islamic Republican Party, in Tehran on 28 June 1981.

Mohammad Montazeri was buried in the Fatima Masumeh Shrine in Qom where his father would be buried on 21 December 2009.