Cleric Held After Backers, Police Clash
From Times Wire Reports
A popular Shiite Muslim cleric who opposes mixing politics and religion was detained after his supporters clashed with Iranian police outside his home in Tehran, news reports said.
Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi, a mid-ranking cleric, is not favored among Iran’s hard-line clerics under supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei because he does not support politicizing Islam.
About 200 demonstrators had gathered beginning Saturday at Boroujerdi’s home, fearing he could be arrested.
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