Koufa mosque keys handed over to Seistani office

In the course of the peace agreement in Najaf and Koufa between the higher Shiite clergy in Iraq Ayatullah Ali al-Seistani and Muqtada al-Sader, the keys of al-Koufa mosque were handed over to the Ali al-Seistani office.

The spokesman for al-Seistani Hamid al-Khaffaf said that the arrangements pertinent to the measures of receiving the keys from al-Sader ( martyr) office in Najaf started on Sunday evening and was completed yesterday ( Monday) morning within the context of the agreement signed to establish peace in Najaf.

Al-Sader yesterday held a visit to Imam Ali shrine, for the first time after members of al-Mahdi army withdrew from it last Friday according to the peace agreement with Seistani.