Anger mounts in Iraq over Israeli threats to Ayatollah Sistani

TEHRAN- Last week, the Israeli right-wing Channel 14, closely aligned with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, published a photo of Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani as a potential assassination target.

US envoy slams ‘suggestion of targeting’ Ayatollah Sistani by Israeli TV

Grand Ayatollah Sistani is ‘influential voice in promoting a more peaceful region’

The United States ambassador to Iraq, Alina Romanowski, has denounced featuring Shia spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on an apparent hit list by Israel’s Channel 14, praising the Muslim scholar for “promoting a more peaceful region”.

Abbas Al-Jamri , Bahraini journalist (based in UK)

What is the approach that Sayyed Sistani establishes to protect Iraq?

Iraq’s supreme religious leader, Sayyed Ali Sistani, performs his authority based on two intricate recitals. The first is that he is a moderate religious cleric; supervises hundreds of charitable and service projects worldwide; as well tens of millions of Shiites around the world follow him. As for the second recital, he has the right to veto -which is neither codified nor stipulated by law- on the level of Iraqi affairs.