Top Shia cleric urges Iraq govt to heed protesters

• Ayatollah Ali Sistani on Friday endorsed the protests engulfing the country.
• Sistani said the government "must do what it can to improve public services, find work for the unemployed, end clientelism.

KARBALA: Iraq's revered Shia spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on Friday endorsed the protests engulfing the country, and called on the government to heed them "before it's too late."

Speaking through a representative, Sistani said the government "must do what it can to improve public services, find work for the unemployed, end clientelism, deal with the corruption issue and send those implicated in it to prison".