TEHRAN, Sept 13 (Reuters) – A Sunni cleric who backed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran’s disputed June election has been killed in a Kurdish-populated region, a semi-official news agency reported on Sunday.
Fars News Agency said Borhan Aali, a Friday prayers leader in the city of Sanandaj in western Kurdistan province, was killed by unknown assailants late on Saturday at his home. State radio said he was shot several times.
“He was a prominent cleric in Kurdistan province who worked for Ahmadinejad in the course of the election. He was accepted and respected by all of the people of Sanandaj,” Fars said.