Tens of thousands of Iranians joined Monday in Qom in the funeral procession of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, the most prestigious dissident, died Sunday at age 87. Cries like "Death to the dictator" have blended and incidents have occurred with the security forces, witnesses said.
The authorities have banned foreign media to cover the processions in the holy city, located a hundred kilometers south of Tehran, but witnesses who requested anonymity and websites of the opposition have reported several clashes and violence, without gravity.
Access to the Internet was very slow Monday in Iran, and that the mobile network also disrupted. The government routinely restricts communications to try to prevent the protesters to organize. He had made an important safety device at Qom Monday for the funeral, knowing that the reformers were likely to be another demonstration of their ability to rally