On 18 September, iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) displayed a letter dated 16 August 2023 in which Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s office asked the Central Investigative Court in Baghdad’s Rusafa district to release Mustafa Sami Musa and facilitate his release procedures, stating that the office had filed no personal complaint against him. Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) subsequently reported that the judiciary released Musa in response to the office’s intervention.
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated18 Sept, 14:31
“Sistani’s office addresses the Central Investigative Court for the release of the young man who burned his image…and to facilitate his release procedures, noting that we filed no personal complaint against him.”
مكتب السيد السيستاني يخاطب محكمة التحقيق المركزية لغرض إطلاق سراح الشاب الذي أقدم على حرق صورة سماحته... وتسهيل إجراءات تخلية سبيله، علماً أنه لم ترفع ضده أي دعوى شخصية من قبلنا.
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated18 Sept, 16:50
“In response to the office of Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, the judiciary releases the young man Mustafa Sami Musa.”
استجابة لمكتب السيد علي السيستاني، القضاء يطلق سراح الشاب مصطفى سامي موسى.
The two faction-linked outlets converged on presenting Najaf’s intervention as decisive in the case, rather than contesting the religious authority’s involvement.