Man Haron Monis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Man Haron Monis

Iranian Australian Shia cleric, convert to Sunni Islam and gunman

Date of Birth: 19-May-1964

Place of Birth: Borujerd, Lorestan Province, Iran

Date of Death: 16-Dec-2014

Profession: writer, theologian, Akhoond

Nationality: Australia, Iran

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Man Haron Monis

  • Man Haron Monis, born Mohammed Hassan Manteghi Borujerdi (19 May 1964 – 16 December 2014), was an Iranian-born refugee and Australian citizen.
  • who took hostages in a siege at the Lindt Chocolate Café at Martin Place, Sydney on 15 December 2014, lasting for 17 hours, until the early hours of the following morning.
  • The siege resulted in the death of Monis and two hostages.While Monis had a warrant out for his arrest in Iran, he sought political asylum in Australia in 1996, which was granted in 2001.
  • Monis variously promoted himself as an Iranian intelligence official, a political activist, a spiritual healer and expert in black magic, an outlaw bikie and a Muslim cleric.
  • He told a psychiatrist who diagnosed him with schizophrenia that he had to change his name for "security reasons," variously calling himself "Michael Hayson Mavros", "Sheikh Haron", and "Ayatollah Mohammed Manteghi Boroujerdi".Monis ran a "spiritual healing" business, telling some women that they needed to submit to sexual molestation to receive treatment.
  • In 2014, Monis was charged with being an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife, as well as over 40 counts of sexual assault.
  • At the time of his death, he had recently converted from Shia Islam to Sunni Islam, and attended Islamist rallies promoting conspiracy theories about Australian security agencies.
  • While on bail, and facing a likely lengthy imprisonment, he declared allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

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