“Renegade Ayatollah” Faces Death in Iran
Ayatollah Seyed Hossein Kazemieni Boroujerdi, the renegade cleric who takes controversial positions, received a death sentence last week from a special cleric court of the IRI in Tehran.
The authorities tried Ayatollah Boroujerdi behind closed doors, without the benefit of legal representation and convicted him of more than 30 counts against the Islamic Republic.
In a communiqu√© sent by his followers on Monday, and in accordance with their leader’s request, a call to save Boroujerdi is being sent to Iranian expatriates, international media and human rights organizations.
Some of the counts against Boroujerdi are so trumped-up as to be fascinating. Among them are — using the phrase of ” religious dictatorship” instead of “Islamic Republic”, accusing the Ayatollah Khomeini of “deception”, “lies”, and “reconditioning of traditional Islam,” and de-legitimizing the “rule of the Islamic jurisconsult” (velayat-e faqih), which is title of the so called “supreme leader”, Ali Khamenei.
Reports from Iran indicate that the cleric is suffering from numerous illnesses, many a result of the inhumane treatment and torture he has received while in prison. More than 80 of his followers, who were arrested along with the Ayatollah, are in similar shape and situation as their leader.
In a letter written to grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani of Iraq, Boroujerdi has complained about his current situation and has asked him for help and assistance.
Letter from Ayatollah Boroujerdi to Ayatollah Sistani. Click to enlarge
Before the Islamic Republic of Iran’s goons stormed his residence and arrested him along with hundreds of his followers in October of 2006, Mr. Broujerdi conducted many interviews with the media in the west and preached to his followers and other people his points of view about the current situation in Iran and why change is needed.
He told them that in his opinion, Iranian’s faith in Islam was far stronger during the Shah’s time, and that belief in God had fallen victim to the theocracy of Islamic Republic.
The real Islam, he preaches, is free of political ornaments and it is in the verses of theQuran with true interpretation, which is different than that provided by the Iranian regime.
He has said “We should help people worship their God again and make peace with God. People have turned away from God because of repression, discrimination, and pressure.”
Last summer, a group of Boroujerdi’s followers who were not behind bars staged a sit-in at his residence in Tehran, complaining about their treatment by the authorities. It took the Islamic government more than 70 days to break the protest
Mr. Boroujerdi comes from a clerical background with a history of dissent.
His father, Grand Ayatollah Boroujerdi, defied the clerical government and never accepted the rule of the IRI or Khamenehi’s legitimacy. He died in 2002.
Boroujerdi believes that the government carefully planned his father’s death. If nothing is done to save him, he will be next.
Beginning of an Islamist inquisition, beginning of the end of an Islamist state.
He’s certainly brave, a hero even. But he can’t possibly have expected any other ending under this regime. I suppose his only hope is that the Mullocracy dies before he does.
I think they are all nuts……..
One Islamic expert referred to the Iranian clerics as a Persian Pope and his college of cardinals. If that’s true, then an inquisition is a logical extension
Thank god this guy is getting whacked! Iran needs a strong Islamist dictatorship to maintain a stable and controlled government. This guy is stoogats, he wants to get killed!! Who in their right mind is gonna accuse the honorable Ayatoolah Khomeini of anything in Iran? If he don’t like the way the country is being run he should get the hell out along with the rest of the losers that want to replace the islamist regime. They want to replace the islamist with another dictator a shah ,(a king) the revolution happened because people were tired of being subjugated by a King,a king that milked the countrys finances for his own benefit, buying Manhattan skyrises which the family still gets money from, a king that bought three concord jets worth almost 700 million a piece at the same time his own people were in severe poverty. The counts of excess spending by the shah to impress the Americans and other foreign countries is well documented, but you wont be hearing about that from the shah loyalist that have overrun Beverly Hills after they too financially milked the country and escaped. We learned our lesson, Iran is not Iraq. Iran cant be made into a happy little democracy, it needs a dictatorship that can control the people through religion, I don’t care if the religious body is jewish, christian, islamist, or buddhist. The people have a need for it. The people of Iran, and this was well documented in the media at the time, millions upon millions wanted an islamist regime, a hard line islamist regime, over that filthy greedy king they had. The words of the poor people have been heard loud and clear and the rich people couldnt handle it……arivaderchi loyalist….Islamist aint going no never…
tony’s cousin,
I assume and hope your diatribe was tounge in cheek… not to defend the excesses of the Shah but 85% of the Iranian public has changed their mind about the Islamic republic..Ayotallah Boroujerdi is a true moderate cleric who brqvely, if suicidally, speaks the truth about the Iranian theocracy. If he can be saved, his influence can help the imminent overthrow of the current regime, avoid a military confrontation and save American lives.
Lonewolf…thats cute 85% changed their minds…huh? Interesting you came up with that number ….by what means..?
A moderate…he maybe….but not very smart, just like his papa.
Overthrowing the current Iranian government is like saying you can overthrow the government of the United States it just ain’t gonna happen….they have a religous army consisting of over 830,000 children that have already been brainwashed to the point of saturation (they will wear a bomb strapped to their chest no questions asked..reference back to the Iran-Iraq war in the 80′s) …they have a well equipped nationalized army, on all fronts air and sea…..they have been supplied with weapons from the Russians, the China men, and yes the French (its no secret they bought a couple of new jets with that oil money reference -Dassault a little aerospace french company ).
Once again the wealthy Iranians sitting in their mini mansions in Encino, Woodland Hills, Westwood, and Beverly Hills cry out for America to go and overtake Iran…and kill the mullahs….and bring democracy back to the people that want american democracy….in an area of the world that doesnt want it..
I got an idea lets take all the Iranians that want to have the uNited States of America be involved in a war with Iran ..take their BMW and Mercedes driving children and send them out to the battleground ….let them fight the war….because obviously they too believe that Iran should be free….of the mullahs…..let see how many will voluntary….enough american lives have been lost fighting worthless battles in foreign countries that are not in a state of dismay….Iranians arent being slaughtered by their mullah regime in the hundreds of thousands everyday, they are content. Or do these wealthy Iranians want Iran to be the next Iraq….endless violence, poverty, and a constant state of turmoil….just look at the news reports everyday…innocent people dying …..you want to help somebody out help the people that are asking for help in the Darfur region of Africa