Background
MONT, Ayatollah Hussein Ali was born in 1923 in c., Najafabad, Isfahan.
MONT, Ayatollah Hussein Ali was born in 1923 in c., Najafabad, Isfahan.
Isfahan Theological School.
Teacher of science and philosophy, Theological School, Qom. Arrested after riots over Shah’s land reform 1963. Visited Ayatollah Khomeini in Iraq 1964.
Arrested several times and exiled to rural parts of Iran 1964-1974.
Imprisoned 1974-1978. Leading Ayatollah of Teheran 1979-1980.
Returned to Qom February 1980. Named Grand Ayatollah 1984.
Resigned as successor to Ayatollah Khomeini March 1989.
Reported under house arrest.