Marriages Made Not in Heaven but in a Cleric’s Office Jaffar Savalanpour Ardabili, 38, a midranking Shiite cleric, sits at his desk, sifting through reams of applications filled with yearning. His Web site, ardabili.com, is so flooded that it closes several days a month to limit submissions. His office is filled from 9 a.m. to…

 Iranian cleric makes wedding dreams come true TEHRAN, Dec 25 (Reuters) – An Internet site run by a Muslim cleric may not sound like an obvious route to wedded bliss. But hundreds of Iranians, frustrated by traditional marriage customs and strict restrictions on mingling with the opposite sex, are turning to mid-ranking Shi’ite cleric Jafar…