The southern part of Tehran is the poor part of the city. Also, like any other large city, the poor part is the center for crime. In this area, there was a young clergyman with the name of Ayatollah Mohtashami, whose speech and mannerism is like that of the thugs of southern Tehran.
During the 1960’s, he was just a student and follower of Khomeini. When Khomeini was exiled to Iraq he went to Lebanon and worked with Palestinians, making a connection with them. He maintained his contact with Khomeini as well. After the revolution he returned to Iran and became one of the Chiefs of Iran’s security services. It was his duty to support the Hezbollah of Lebanon. Sheikh Hasan Nasrallah who is currently the Chief of Hezbollah of Lebanon was one of his students.
It was Mohtashami who brought all of the money to Lebanon and made the arrangements for Iranian revolutionary guards to provide training and armaments for the Lebanese Hezbollah. Recently, when the war between Israel and Lebanon flared up, Ayatollah Mohtashami was quoted as saying, “sometimes students surpass teachers and the situation between Sheikh Nasrallah and me is one of those”.
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