Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric calls for prime minister to be chosen by Tuesday
- 28-Jun-2014
BAGHDAD: The most influential Shi’ite cleric in Iraq called on the country’s leaders on Friday to choose a prime minister within the next four days, a dramatic political intervention that could hasten the end of Nuri al-Maliki’s eight year rule. Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, who commands unswerving loyalty from many Shi’ites in Iraq and beyond, […]