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Source: http://www.wsj.com/articles/irans-prisoner-of-the-revolution-1480553317
Iran's Prisoner of the Revolution
(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - An Iranian revolutionary court on Sunday sentenced Ahmad Montazeri to 21 years in prison on a range of national-security charges. His sentence is a reminder that the regime remains as brutal as ever, even as it reaps the economic benefits of its nuclear deal with the West. Montazeri's crime was to release tapes that capture his father, the Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, denouncing the regime's repression during its first decade in power. The elder Montazeri, who died in 2009, was one of the regime's founders with Ayatollah Khomeini and was tapped to succeed Khomeini as supreme leader.