Thousands of Iranians are converging on the city of Qom for the funeral of leading reformist cleric Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri.

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Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a learned and independent-minded cleric, was once Khomeini's anointed successor as supreme leader.

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Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Senior Iranian dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri died overnight, several state-run Iranian news agencies reported Sunday.

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Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Iran's leading liberal cleric, was released from house arrest where he has been since he criticised the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in 1997.

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