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Iraq’s top Shiite cleric warns any targeting of Iran’s leadership could spark ‘widespread chaos’
Senior Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf, March, 13, 2019. (Office of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, via AP)
Iraq’s top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani warns against targeting Iran’s leadership, and says that the Iran-Israel war could plunge the whole region into chaos.
Any targeting of Iran’s top leadership might spark “widespread chaos that would exacerbate the suffering of its people and severely harm everyone’s interests.”
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