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Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah Yazdi died Friday in Tehran, according to Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency. He played a major part in the 1979 uprising, and was known to have ratified crackdowns on feminism and gender equality.
Iranian conservative cleric dies, according to state-run media
Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah Yazdi was seen as a hardliner and anti-West in general, including holding anti-US positions. An outspoken critic of a liberal press, he was known to have ratified…
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