Honoring a patriot; making a point
How can the government in Iran complain when huge crowds gather for the funeral of a founding father? We'll see.Iran braces for protests as 'up to 1m' attend funeral of reformist cleric
Hundreds of thousand of mourners, many chanting anti-government slogans, reportedly gathered in the Iranian city of Qom for the funeral today of leading reformist cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.
Defying a heavy presence of security forces the funeral became a rallying point for further protests against the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
There were reports of clashes after mourners chanted slogans against Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. YouTube footage showed large crowds gathering and chants of pro-opposition slogans...
State-controlled Press TV carried only a brief report on Montazeri's funeral without mentioning the protest...
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