The latest from Iran

0840 GMT: Mir Hossein Mousavi’s Kalemeh, in a long report on the funeral, confirms that both Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi were in the procession. 0810 GMT: Montazeri’s son has asked the crowd to quiet their chants, but the protests continue.
0805 GMT: Mediawatch. The Montazeri ceremonies/protests are now the lead item on the BBC, with Jon Leyne providing an excellent summary both of today’s gathering and of attempted Government restrictions. Leyne says that Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi were in the funeral procession, a claim that we have been unable to confirm.
0735 GMT: With security forces apparently trying to move people from the Shrine, crowds are moving about Qom, with many reportedly headed toward Montazeri’s house.
0730 GMT: The doors of the Masoumeh Shrine have been closed because of the size of the crowd.
0720 GMT: Numerous reports of the crowd’s mourning turning into a protest with chants against the Government and even the Supreme Leader.
0657 GMT: It appears the ceremony proceeded more quickly than we first reported (0615 GMT). Reports now that Montazeri has been buried in the Massoumeh Shrine.
0650 GMT: The article in Time from Robin Wright, one of the best US-based journalists on Iran, is to the point: “Iran’s Opposition Loses a Mentor But Gains a Martyr”.
0643 GMT: Josh Shahryar has posted a tribute, “Good Bye Montazeri, You Will Be Missed”: “The struggle for freedom, human rights and justice will continue. If we’ve learned anything in the past six months it is that the Iranian people’s desire for change will not die with the death of an individual – no matter how important that individual may be.”
0640 GMT: Ayatollah Shobeiri-Zanjani is now leading prayers.
0630 GMT: A LiveBlog from Qom is claiming “hundreds of thousands” are now in the streets. Reported chant: “Montazeri is not dead; the Government is dead.”
0615 GMT (0945 Tehran & Qom): The mourning ceremonies for Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri began about 30 minutes ago in Qom, with his body being taken from his house to the Imam Hassan mosque. In about 45 minutes, the procession will move from the mosque to the Masoumeh Shrine. There are reports, despite Government efforts to limit or prevent attendance, tens of thousands have lined the route.
As well as the reported orders from the regime to Iranian newspapers to prohibit his photograph on front pages, to ignore Montazeri’s political significance and emphasise the 1989 incident that led to his dismissal as Ayatollah Khomeini’s successor, the Government is jamming BBC Persian.

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