He favoured the traditional Shiite practice of keeping clerics away from governmental positions .
Was a critic of Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini , denouncing the taking hostage of diplomats at the US embassy in Tehran .
He favoured the traditional Shiite practice of keeping clerics away from governmental positions and was a critic of Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini , denouncing the taking hostage of diplomats at the US embassy in Tehran .