Ayatollah who backs suicide bombs aims to be Iran's next spiritual leader By Colin Freeman and Kay Biouki in Teheran, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 12:28am GMT 19/11/2006 An ultra-conservative Iranian cleric who opposes all dialogue with the West is a frontrunner to become the country's next supreme spiritual leader. Mohammad Mesbah-Yazdi In a move that would push Iran even further into the diplomatic wilderness, Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah-Yazdi, 71, who publicly backs the use of suicide bombers against Israel, is campaigning to succeed Grand Ayatollah Ali Khameini, 67, as the head of the Islamic state. Considered an extremist even by...