...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979...has claimed the life of a second Shiite Moslem holy man, state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
says.
The work of Abdolatif Moradi, 21, an ethnic Uzbek who’d snuck into Iran from Pakistan. He liked to call himself things like Abdolatif al-Salafi on social media, where he ranted about Shiites. Yesterday we learnt the authorities picked up six of Mr. Moradi’s accomplices, including two of his brothers.
The death of Sadegh Darai is reported as thousands of mourners attend the funeral of another Shiite holy man, Mohammad Aslani, stabbed by the same suspected Sunni holy warrior.A third holy man was maimed in Tuesday’s attack at the Imam Reza shrine in Iran’s second-largest city of Mashhad, during the Moslem holy month of Ramadan.
Darai, seriously maimed during the knifing, died in hospital, state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
says.