According to a report by Fars, Ayatollah Sistani said, “Every day, including before the dawn prayer, I pray for all the people of Iran. And I particularly ask God, for elimination of the cruel sanctions of the West against Iran, the sanctions that are increasing every day.”
According to a report by Awd News, the top Shiite cleric in Iraq said in a recent meeting with a group of Iranians, “These sanctions which were imposed in the fields of medicine, industry, transportation and many other essential goods and services, make me sad and I pray constantly to God for their elimination.”