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Friday 25 December 2009 (08 Muharram 1431)
Services for Montazeri banned
Agencies
TEHRAN: Iran has banned most memorial services for dissident leader Grand
Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri after his funeral turned into an opposition
rally, a reformist website reported on Thursday.
Parlemannews.ir, the website of the reformist minority faction in
Parliament, said it had learned of a ban after security officials prevented a
mosque ceremony for Montazeri in the town of Kashan in Isfahan province on
Wednesday.
"Security officials warned the organizers and hung a banner in front of
the mosque which read: 'At the order of the supreme national security council,
holding any ceremonies across Iran for Montazeri is banned, except in Qom and
Najafabad,'" it said.
Parlemannews and some opposition websites also carried a picture of the
banner.
Security forces prevented mourners from holding a memorial service for
Montazeriin Isfahan on Wednesday and more than 50 people were reportedly
arrested after heavy clashes. Hundreds of thousands poured into the streets of
Qom for Montazeri's funeral on Monday, effectively turning the ceremony into an
opposition rally.
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