[AdmSmith]

Summary of the senior Iraqi cleric Ali Sistani’s message:
1-The government has failed to solve the problems
2-Parliament should look for an interim option asap
3-Accelerate the adoption of new electoral law
4-Hold early electionshttps://twitter.com/nafisehkBBC/status/1200353969056485376

Dramatic developments in #Iraq after Sistani’s speech..
-PM Abd Mahdi announce he will give resignation to parliament
-Abu Jihad Hashemi the office director of the of PM, announces his resignation
-Most of the Iraqi parties, announced the move to dismiss the PM
https://twitter.com/Mustafa_Habib33/status/1200392572381933569

They are fed up with the Iranians influence in the Iraqi government.

For years, Sistani, who has endorsed a religious and political viewpoint independent of Iran, has been Khamenei’s top challenger for the leadership of the global Shi’ite community.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-iraq-sistani/iran-vying-for-leadership-of-shiites-in-iraq-idUSKBN1D71V7

Sistani has more followers in Iran than any other cleric as well as links to some of the top clerics in Iran’s holy city of Qom.

This is a background about Sistani written two weeks ago https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/80346

[SeekAndFind]

Here’s the problem-— Al-Sistani is closing in on his 90’s, the question is WHO will replace him when he’s gone?

Will it be someone like him? Or someone more akin to the Iranian Ayatollah?

[SeekAndFind]

Here’s the problem-— Al-Sistani is closing in on his 90’s, the question is WHO will replace him when he’s gone?

Will it be someone like him? Or someone more akin to the Iranian Ayatollah?