Riots Break Out- People Chant "Death to Dictator" At Iranian Cleric's Massive Funeral Procession (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, December 21, 2009, 5:41 AM
Iranians protesters chanted anti-Ahmadinejad slogans and “Death to Dictators” at the funeral today of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.
FOX News reported:
Tens of thousands of Iranian mourners — many chanting protest slogans — joined the funeral procession Monday for the country’s most senior dissident cleric, who had described government crackdowns as the work of power-hungry despots.
Iranian authorities have barred foreign media from covering the processions in the holy city of Qom for Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who died Sunday at age 87. But witnesses said many mourners shouted protest cries including “Death to the Dictator” in displays of anger against Iran’s ruling establishment.
There were no immediate reports of serious clashes from the witnesses, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of fears of arrest by Iranian authorities. Some opposition Web sites noted scuffles and violence, but the reports could not immediately be confirmed.
Planet Iran is liveblogging the ayatollah’s funeral.
Reportedly, between 500 and 1000 regime supporters continue to circulate among the mourners chanting pro-regime slogans, throwing objects at the mourners who have begun to respond harshly.
There are reports of regime helipcopters flying out over Tehran in anticipation of further protests.
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Brian commented:
Ooof, for a second there I thought the headline was for some protests in the US. But no, its another country with another set of leadership driven by power lust.
Snake Eater commented:
Riots Break Out- People Chant “Death to Dictator”
won’t be long before we need to do that too.
aprilnovember811 commented:
Riots Break Out- People Chant “Death to Dictator”
Geez for a minute there, I thought you were talking about the United States, then I caught the rest of the title.
Night Ranger commented:
Coming to a street near you in 2010!
Winston commented:
Iran will be free soon
bg commented:
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they’re striving for freedom, we’re striving to keep it, never thought
we’d (more or less) be in the same boat, it’s a small world after all..
their leader wouldn’t hesitate to eradicate the world to welcome the 12th Imam, Obama’s not hesitating bringing US to our knees & crown himself the 12th Imam, uh, the Messiah, er, Mahdi, uh, sort of god, er, collective Savior:
“I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth”
~ B Hussein O..
(they deleted the video..
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Banafsheh commented:
And now…Senator John Kerry who clearly doesn’t give a damn about what is happening in Iran, in order to act like he still counts for something is going to Iran. Just wait…we Iranians will show him a welcome he never forgets; I just hope he has a change of clothing with him cause by the time we’re finished pelting him with eggs, rotten food and various other forms of objects, ranging from shoes to dog droppings…well, he’ll need it.