Khomeini’s Ex-Heir Reported in Custody
- Share via
<i> Times Wire Services</i>
ATHENS — The Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri, who was once in line to succeed the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as Iran’s supreme leader, is under house arrest in the holy city of Qom, a source in Tehran said Thursday.
Word of Montazeri’s status came by telephone shortly after a Baghdad-based Iranian opposition group said Revolutionary Guards and security men had arrested relatives of Montazeri after his fall from grace.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
