By Nicola MissagliaBorn in 1959 in Fasa, Iran, the ayatollah and philosopher Mohsen Kadivar is a aggressive supporter of the need for democratic and liberal reform in Iran. Educated  in theology, mysticism, philosophy, fiqh (law) and tafsir (interpretation of the Koran) in Qom, he also studied under the great reformist ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, who died in 2009.