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”.