{"id":9135,"date":"2010-10-20T13:17:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T12:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/statements\/iran-protests\/9135-religious-leaders-snub-khamenei-during-qom-visit"},"modified":"2023-01-13T17:15:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:15:39","slug":"religious-leaders-snub-khamenei-during-qom-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/religious-leaders-snub-khamenei-during-qom-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious leaders snub Khamenei during Qom visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"khamenei11\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-36027\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/10\/khamenei11.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Khamnei\" width=\"150\" height=\"190\" align=\"right\" \/>NCRI &#8211; Despite the Iranian regime\u2019s propaganda and pressures, religious leaders in Qom \u200erefused to take part both in ceremonies meant to welcome the mullahs\u2019 Supreme Leader \u200eto the city as well as the meetings where he spoke<\/p>\n<p>Shortly prior to Khamenei\u2019s speech at Qom\u2019s Astaneh Square, the state-run Mehr news \u200eagency said that a number of religious leaders were sitting in a booth reserved for special \u200eguests.\u200e<\/p>\n<p>But, in a later report, Mehr only said that several members of the regime\u2019s Assembly of \u200eExperts, including Mesbah Yazdi, Boushehri, and Moqtadai attended the speech, adding \u200ethat several \u201crepresentatives\u201d of the offices of Qom\u2019s religious leaders were also in \u200eattendance without naming them.\u200e<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the Iranian regime had ordered all shops in Qom to be closed on Tuesday \u200ewhen Khamenei arrived in Qom. According to state-run media, religious seminaries were \u200ealso declared officially closed. A large number of the regime\u2019s agents and cohorts were \u200ebrought into the city from various other cities, including Tehran, to greet Khamenei.\u200e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; Despite the Iranian regime&rsquo;s propaganda and pressures, religious leaders in Qom &lrm;refused to take part both in ceremonies meant to welcome the mullahs&rsquo; Supreme Leader &lrm;to the city [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-9135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-protests","8":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Religious leaders snub Khamenei during Qom visit - 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