Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani

Iraq Deal Gives Shiite Clerics Final Decision On Political Disputes

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — An agreement to form an alliance between Iranian-backed Shiite blocs gives the final say on political disputes to Iraq's top clerics, ...

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Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Succession In Iraq Not Just About Piety

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAJAF, Iraq — Behind the scenes in this holy city, Shiite clerics are quietly intriguing over who will succeed the sect's most revered and polit...

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Ali Larijani, Iranian Parliament Speaker, Slams Obama's Nowruz Greeting

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ali Larijani, the speaker of Iran's Parliament, on Wednesday criticized the United States in harsher terms than any other leading Iranian figure has d...

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Top Shiite Cleric Expresses Concerns Over US-Iraq Security Pact

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's top Shiite cleric has expressed concern about the country's security pact with the United States, fearing it gives too much pow...

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Top Shiite Cleric Expresses Concern Over US-Iraq Security Pact

Posted 05.25.2011

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