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Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi
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Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi (1923/24 in Najafabad , Isfahan province – 2006 in Tehran ) was an Iranian cleric, scholar and proponent of Islamic Unity, who spent most years after the Iranian revolution of 1979 under house arrest. The Special Court for the Clergy had ordered that he do not teach and receive students. His writings were censored.
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iranian cleric and proponent of islamic unity
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iranian cleric
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