Ayatollah Sistani
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Ayatollah Sistani demands early elections to end crisis in Iraq
“The fastest and most peaceful way out of the current crisis, and avoiding the unknown or chaos or civil strife, is to go back to the people by holding an early election after legislating a fair electoral law,” Ayatollah Sistani said in a statement
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Ayatollah Sistani rejects Hosni Mubarak’s statement on infidelity of Shia to their homelands
In the document published by Imam Hussein Organization in the holy city of Karbala, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani had rejected the Arab ruler’s claim as negligence of the sacrifices that tens of millions of Shia Muslims made to serve their own homelands.
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Iraqi prime minister announces intention to resign following Sistani call
"In response to this call, and in order to facilitate it as quickly as possible, I will present to parliament a demand (to accept) my resignation from the leadership of the current government," a statement signed by Abdul Mahdi said on Friday.
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Ayatollah Sistani calls for improvements in Iraq, warns that foreign sides trying to exploit protests
In Friday sermon, the official representative of Ayatollah Sistani, Sheikh Abdul-Mahdi Al-Karbalai said that “the political powers in Iraq have a unique chance to meet the demands of the Iraqi people