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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The crowds came from across Iran to the holy city of Qom to attend the burial of Ayatollah Montazeri.

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Ayatollah Montazeri was Ayatollah Khomeini's designated successor as Supreme Leader in the 1980s, but was disgraced shortly before Khomeini's death in 1988.

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