Man Haron Monis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Age, Net Worth, Biography

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Iranian Australian Shia cleric, convert to Sunni Islam and gunman

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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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