Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani has visited Grand Ayatollah Ishaq Fayyad in a hospital in Baghdad to check on ...

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However, following the instructions of Ayatollah Agha Sistani, an eminent religious leader of the Shia sect based in Najaf, Iraq, a significant portion of the community will observe Eid on Thursday.

Shia-dominated Iran is an Islamic republic ... Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani who is based in the Iraqi city of Najaf. “Khamenei is the head of Iranian army. Sistani is not the head of Iraqi ...