IRNA - Public Relations of Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences in Ahvaz announced that a 120-bed general hospital will be built by the office of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani in Bavi city of Khuzestan province in southern Iran. A meeting of the representatives of the office of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani and the health officials of Khuzestan ...

IRNA - Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Ali Alavi-Gorgani said on Monday that Iraq's most prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is a symbol of Iraqi national unity. Ayatollah Alavi-Gorgani issued a message condemning Saudi daily al-Sharq al-Awsat's insulting cartoon of Ayatollah Sistani, and emphasized that there is no doubt that the ...

MNA Lebanese Resistance Movement Hezbollah condemned, in a statement issued on Saturday, the insult of a Saudi Arabias newspaper, Asharq al-Awsat, against Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani, top Iraqi Shia leader. While condemning the Saudi newspaper Asharq al-Awsats insult to Grand Ayatollah Sistani, Hezbollah regretted that the newspaper had ...

Press TV - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has prayed for thespeedy recovery of Iraq's prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who underwent surgery for a fractured bone following an accident in his home on Thursday. In a message to Ayatollah Sistani on Friday, the Leader said news regarding his condition ...

IRNA Senior Iraqi cleric Ayatollah Ali Sistani in a message to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei extended his condolences on the sad occasion of martyrdom of commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani. "The news of the martyrdom of Haj Qasem Soleimani ...

IRNA Iraq's Grand Cleric Ayatollah Ali Sistani said in a statement that US violated Iraqi national sovereignty by targeting Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq, calling on all parties to exercise self-restraint. In his statement, Ayatollah Sistani said that US brutal attacks led to assassination of a number of champions in fight against ISIS ...

The Wall Street Journal | Ghassan Adnan and Isabel Coles: Iraqs top cleric added his voice to a chorus of condemnation of U.S. strikes against an Iran-backed militia as some factions renewed calls for the departure of American forces. Meanwhile, the Iraqi government said Monday the U.S. strikes would force Baghdad to review its relationship with ...

Tasnim Iraq's top Shiite cleric called for the speedy formation of a government and early elections as ongoing political wrangling caused Parliament to miss a deadline to name the next premier. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in his weekly sermon delivered by a representative in the holy southern city of Najaf on Friday, called for political blocs ...

Press TV - Iraqis have taken to the streets of the capital, Baghdad, in a show of support for the countrys religious authority, who has demanded peaceful anti-government protesters distance themselves from saboteurs. The demonstrators marched to Baghdads iconic TahrirSquare on Thursday, demanding that non-peaceful protesters be sidelined duringthe ...

Bloomberg | Bobby Ghosh: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has been here before. Fifteen years ago, after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq had toppled the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, the countrys senior-most cleric helped guide his people toward a system of representative government. Now, having himself helped to topple the latest iteration of that government,...

MNA |Mohammad Ghaderi: The latest statement issued by Iraqs supreme Shiite authority, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hosseini Sistani, on the current developments in Iraq is undoubtedly an indicator of his intelligent and comprehensive monitoring of the situation in the country. The grand ayatollahs efforts are intended to put a real end to the current crisis ...

Iranian Diplomacy - Ayatollah Ali Sistanis last statement on Friday about recent developments in Iraq sends several messages. The grand ayatollah warned in his statement that the current situation in Iraq may drag the country into chaos. In his statement, the ayatollah stated that the lost lives on both sides - protesters and security forces - are ...

Press TV - Iraqs top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has urged the end of bloodshed in the Arab country, warningof a civil war and chaos after dozens of deaths during the recent wave of protest rallies across Iraq. In a statement on Friday, Ayatollah Sistani expressed regret over the continued clashes between demonstrators and security forces,...

Tasnim Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the top Shiite cleric of Iraq, called on security forces and protesters to avoid violence. It is sorrowful there have been so many deaths, casualties and destruction from clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in recent days, Ayatollah Sistani said in a letter on Friday. In the letter ...

Introduction ceremony of new Judiciary chief [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="759"] The introduction and farewell ceremony of new and former judiciary chiefs was held in Tehran this morning, in the presence of state, military officials, deputies of the Judiciary branch, a number of Parliament representatives, heads of justice administration ...

Al-Monitor - Hassan Rouhanis state visit to Iraq was a success for the Iranian president. In terms of political and economic cooperation, multiple memorandums of understanding were signed to facilitate commerce, investment, logistical connections as well as travel between the two neighbors. Additionally, an important joint declaration has spelled out ...

FNA - Senior Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Seyed Ali Sistani in a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lauded the role played by the "friendly" states in victory against the ISIL terrorist group in Iraq. During the meeting in the holy city of Najaf on Wednesday, Ayatollah Sistani also welcomed any steps to develop Iraq's relations with ...

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IFP - Iraqs top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is reportedly opposed to the candidacy of former Iraqi officials for the post of prime minister, according to a source. Some media reports had earlier quoted a number of Iraqi lawmakers as saying Ayatollah Sistani has explicitly named a number of politicians and expressed his opposition ...

Press TV - Iraq'sprominentShia cleric, GrandAyatollah Ali al-Sistani, has urged eligible voters in the Arab country not to cast their ballots in favor of "corrupt" lawmakers during next week's national elections. Grand Ayatollah Sistanis representative Sheikh Abdul Mahdi Karbalai said in a Friday sermon on his behalf in the holy city of Karbala ...