1.   Clergy rules prohibit monks from owning land or other possessions, stipulating that they must be the property of the temple.

2.   Last November, Montazeri was publicly repudiated after he questioned the legitimacy of clergy rule.

3.   The abbot owns lands and companies, which clergy rules require should be owned by the temple, and has claimed to have performed miracles.

4.   The land is registered in his name, a violation of clergy rules.