Three (3) pages essay

How does the struggle for influence in Iraq between the supporters of Grand Ayatallah Sistani and Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei reflect the traditional conflict within Shi’ism over the role of the religious scholars in the time of awaiting the return of the Twelfth Imam? (HINT: "Khamenei believes that his wilayat al-faqih authority extends to Iraq, while Sistani rejects such intervention, because the country has its own system of governance and the role of the religious authority [in Iraq] is strictly advisory.")