Zarif lauds Ayatollah Sistani’s role in ensuring security, stability in Iraq

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a message, has extolled the role of Iraq’s most prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in ensuring stability and security in the neighboring Arab state.

“The great authority, His Eminence, Ayatollah Sistani is the fortress of Iraq, the security valve for the region and an asset for the entire Muslim world,” Zarif wrote in his Twitter account on Monday, IRNA reported.

“Iran appreciates the role of his eminence in ensuring security and stability in Iraq, preserving the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, getting rid of the occupying forces and building a new Iraq according to the requirements of its brotherly people,” he added.

Earlier, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Ali Alavi-Gorgani said Ayatollah Sistani is a symbol of Iraq’s national unity.