Spiritual leader of Iraqi Shiites calls al-Nimr's execution as unwarranted aggression

Spiritual leader of Iraq's Shiites, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, has expressed his condemnation of the execution of the famous preacher Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia, describing this action as an unwarranted act of aggression.

"We were deeply saddened and disappointed to receive information about the death of our coreligionist,’’ Gazeta.ru cites him as saying.