09-11-2009
Teheran - Grand Ayatollah Hosein-Ali Montazeri, who is linked to the reformist faction of the Islamic Republic, issued a religious Fatwa in which he writes that Iran’s ethnic minorities must be allowed to study their mother tongue in schools.
And in another statement Montazeri also urges Iran’s different ethnic groups, in particular the Azeri and Kurdish nations, to demand their rights within the framework of the Islamic Republics constitution.
In the statement he says that, “according to paragraph 15 and 19 of Iran’s constitution, alongside the Persians all other ethnic groups [Kurds, Arabs, Azeris, Baloch and so on] have been granted their full rights” in regard to language and culture.
Montazari, who was the deputy of Ayatollah Khomeini, until a dispute between them led to Montazari being sidelined and eventually forced out of Iran’s power elite, have recently resurfaced as a spiritual symbol of the reformist movement.
His latest statement and the Fatwa he released are perceived as an attempt by the reformist faction of the Islamic Republic to try to rally the support of Iran’s different nations (Photo: payvand.com).
Source: Loghmanahmedi.com, beyan.info
Teheran - Grand Ayatollah Hosein-Ali Montazeri, who is linked to the reformist faction of the Islamic Republic, issued a religious Fatwa in which he writes that Iran’s ethnic minorities must be allowed to study their mother tongue in schools.
And in another statement Montazeri also urges Iran’s different ethnic groups, in particular the Azeri and Kurdish nations, to demand their rights within the framework of the Islamic Republics constitution.
In the statement he says that, “according to paragraph 15 and 19 of Iran’s constitution, alongside the Persians all other ethnic groups [Kurds, Arabs, Azeris, Baloch and so on] have been granted their full rights” in regard to language and culture.
Montazari, who was the deputy of Ayatollah Khomeini, until a dispute between them led to Montazari being sidelined and eventually forced out of Iran’s power elite, have recently resurfaced as a spiritual symbol of the reformist movement.
His latest statement and the Fatwa he released are perceived as an attempt by the reformist faction of the Islamic Republic to try to rally the support of Iran’s different nations (Photo: payvand.com).
Source: Loghmanahmedi.com, beyan.info
