[Fred Nerks]

Just out of curiousity, what's his ethnicity? I know he was born in Iran, but is he Persian or Arab?

[Dark Skies]

Here is a link to his bio...

http://i-cias.com/e.o/sistani_a.htm

[USF]

From what I gather, even tho some reports say he was born "Persian," I assume this to mean "Iranian" and not in the ethnic sense.

The thing that Is important, is he's a "Sayyed," which is one who claims to be a descendant of imam ali (look at their turbans... the black turban is supposed to signify this). Anyways, this makes him an Arab.