TEHRAN – A memorial service marking the 40th day of Islamic revolutionary leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s martyrdom at the hands of his American Zionist enemies will be held on Sunday at Vahdat Hall in Tehran in the presence of cultural, artistic and media figures.
The event, titled “Trustee of Iran,” commemorates the revered martyred leader, Minab school students, and others who lost their lives across the country in attacks by the United States and Israel, ILNA reported.
At the ceremony, prominent figures from the cultural and artistic worlds will read poems and dirges, and share memories to pay tribute to all those martyred during the 40-day war.
The memorial service was named after the pen name “Amin” (literally meaning trustee) that the martyr leader chose for his poem.
The United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, martyring approximately 3,000 people in 40 days, including Seyyed Ali Khamenei, several officials and military commanders, and many civilians, including women and children.
The leader of the Islamic revolution was martyred in a US and Israeli airstrike that targeted his office in central Tehran on the first day of the attack. The leader was martyred along with his daughter, son-in-law, grandson and daughter-in-law.
Also on the same day, Shajare Tayebeh Primary School in Minab, Hormozgan province, was the scene of a devastating massacre. Dozens of girls and boys aged 7 to 12 were starting classes when the school was targeted by a missile attack, which collapsed the building and trapped the children and teachers under rubble. Iranian authorities said the final death toll was 185 people and about 100 injured.
Khamenei was elected leader of Iran in June 1989 following the death of Imam Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic.
Khamenei was interested in poetry and literature. He also loved novels and short stories. He read the world’s most famous novels and short stories. He was also a literary critic and had contacts with many writers and intellectuals of the time.
He attended many literary societies attended by great poets. He is not only a poetry critic, but also composed poetry in recent years. He also studied history books and had a good knowledge of modern history.
Khamenei began his research and writing when he was a seminarian. He wrote and translated several books before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. His books and research include “Overview of Islamic Thought in the Qur’an,” “Patience,” and “Report on the Historical Past and Current Status of Qom Seminary.”
He also translated a book titled “Imam Hassan’s Peace: History’s Most Magnificent Heroic Flexibility” by Sheikh Rezi al-e Yassin. “Muslims in India’s Freedom Movement” by Abdul Manam Al Nemer.
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