Hopes for Pakistani cooperation dimmed further on Friday when Pakistan's most senior cleric pulled out of a meeting planned for March with Afghan clerics in Kabul, after disagreements over the role of the Taliban.
"I'm afraid you've got a bad egg, Mr Jones," says the senior cleric.
On May 17th, one senior cleric called this "the order of the nation".
Mohammed al-Mana Khani, another senior cleric, said: "The way Shahroudi thinks has changed.
No one has changed their mind about this government," said a senior cleric in Mandalay.
Dr John Sentamu Archbishop of York Second most senior cleric in the Church of England.
Among those arrested in Isfahan was the son of a senior cleric, Ayatollah Jalaleddin Taheri.
Ayatollah Montazeri's criticisms carried a special weight because of his status as Iran's most senior cleric.
Later on Wednesday, a senior cleric criticized the president for "going too far" in the condolence message.
As Argentina's senior cleric, Francis had disagreed firmly with the movement's Marxist message, infuriating its leftist fans.
King Fahd pressed the most senior cleric, Sheikh Abdel-Aziz Bin Baz, for a fatwa, a religious decree.
