Posted on 12/21/2009 5:57:08 PM PST by nuconvert
Opponents of Iran's most senior dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri stopped his memorial service in a tumultuous day in Qom on Monday which saw huge protests and some shots fired, websites said.
The car of Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi was attacked by "plainclothes men" on motorbikes as he was returning to Tehran from the service in Qom and one member of his entourage was injured, one of the websites said.
The incidents came after huge crowds of Iranians marked Montazeri's funeral in the holy city, 125 km (80 miles) south of Tehran. Websites reported scuffles between mourners and police, with one saying warning shots were fired.
"Around 2,000 of Montazeri's opponents arrived at Azam mosque and halted his memorial service. The assailants tore placards," the conservative Ayande website said, referring to a prominent Qom mosque.
As a result, "his memorial service was canceled halfway through," Ayande said, adding that security forces "did not take measures to prevent the assailants' act of sabotage."
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Khomeni’s Funeral was much more interesting.
Iran ping
Basiji?
probably
Ayande said, adding that security forces “did not take measures to prevent the assailants’ act of sabotage.”
One might take from that, a certain feeling that the
security forces were aprized of the assailants acts
and condoned them.
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I thought you were going to post this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k7mpnPJWDo
There used to be a video showing his body falling out of the casket and hitting the ground in the frenzy.
“a hugely embarrassing and undignified scene” according to the BBC!
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