Ayat Sistani in stable condition after angioplasty

By: Nabil Raza

LONDON: Iraq's Ayatullah Sayyed Ali As-Sistani was in stable condition Saturday according to medics team following a procedure to unblock a coronary artery, his London office said.

The office said the 73-year-old cleric had an angioplasty at the Harefield specialist heart hospital 20 miles northwest of London on Friday 13 August at 0500 PM.

“The Ayatullah had an operation to unblock a coronary artery Friday. His condition is stable,” a representative from Sistani's office said Saturday.

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