Hussein-Ali Montazeri
Hussein-Ali Montazeri Najafabadi (24 September 1922 – 19 December 2009) was an Iranian cleric, politician, theologian, writer, and activist who served as the first and only deputy supreme leader of Iran from 1985 to 1989. A reformist, he was one of the major leaders of the Iranian Revolution and one of the highest-ranking authorities in Shia Islam.