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Iranian Dissident Cleric Criticizes Ahmadinejad
January 22, 2007
Ayatollah Montazeri (file photo) (Public domain)
Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who was at one time expected to succeed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, has said that Iranians have other rights beyond access to nuclear energy.
Montazeri recently has criticized Ahmadinejad's government over rising inflation and said that people's economic problems cannot be resolved by chanting "slogans."
Ahmadinejad on January 21 said his government has successfully controlled inflation.
(with material from AP)