伊朗反对派的网站报导说,数以十万计的伊朗人参加了异议教士大阿亚图拉.蒙塔泽里的葬礼。

报导说,星期一在伊朗北部圣城库姆举行的葬礼过程中,许多致哀者高喊反政府口号,手持伊朗反对派运动的绿色标志。报导说,防暴警察跟投掷石头的抗议者发生冲突。

没有独立消息证实出席葬礼人数或抗议活动。外国媒体被禁止前往报导葬礼。

蒙塔泽里被安葬在库姆圣地。他于星期六晚去世,终年87岁。

伊朗改革派将蒙塔泽里看作他们运动的精神支柱。今年早些时候,蒙塔泽里谴责政府镇压反对伊朗总统内贾德通过有争议大选再次当选的抗议者。

Iranian opposition Web sites say hundreds of thousands of people have turned out for the funeral of dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.

The reports say many mourners chanted anti-government slogans and carried green symbols of Iran’s opposition movement during Monday’s funeral procession in the northern holy city of Qom. They say riot police were out in force and fought with some protesters who threw stones.

There was no independent confirmation of the turnout or protests. Foreign media were barred from covering the funeral.

Ayatollah Montazeri was buried at a shrine in Qom, where he died late Saturday at the age of 87.

Iranian reformists regarded the cleric as the spiritual patron of their movement. Earlier this year, he denounced the government’s crackdown on protests against the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.