Artists cultural figures to honor Martyr Leader at Tehrans Vahdat Hall

Artists, cultural figures to honor Martyr Leader at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall

TEHRAN – The 40th-day mourning ceremony for the Martyrdom of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei by the American-Zionist enemy will be held with the presence of cultural, artistic, and media figures at Vahdat Hall in Tehran on Sunday.

Titled “Trustee of Iran,” the event will honor the memory of the esteemed Martyr Leader, school students in Minab, and other people who lost their lives across the country in the attacks by the US and Israel, ILNA reported.

At the ceremony, a group of cultural and artistic figures will pay tribute to all those who were martyred during the 40-day war by reciting poems, elegies, and sharing memories.

The mourning ceremony is named after the pen name “Amin” (literally meaning trustee) that the Martyr Leader had chosen for his poems.

The US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28 and for 40 days martyred about 3,000 people including Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, several officials and military commanders as well as numerous civilians, including women and children.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution was martyred during U.S.-Israeli airstrikes that targeted his office in central Tehran on the first day of the attacks. The Leader was martyred alongside his daughter, son-in-law, grandchild, and a daughter-in-law.

Also on the same day, the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, Hormozgan Province, became the site of a devastating massacre. While dozens of girls and boys aged between 7 and 12 were beginning their lessons, the school was targeted by a missile strike that caused the building to collapse, trapping children and teachers beneath the rubble. Iranian authorities confirmed a final death toll of 185 people, with about 100 others wounded.

Ayatollah Khamenei was elected as Iran’s Leader in June 1989, following the passing of the Founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Ruhollah Khomeini.

Ayatollah Khamenei was interested in poetry and literature. He was also fond of novel and short story. He read the world’s most well-known novels and short stories. He was also a literary critic and was in contact with many of the writers and intellectuals of his time.

He attended many literary associations with the participation of great poets. He was not only a critic in poetry but also composed poems in the recent years. He also studied history books and had a good knowledge of modern history.

Ayatollah Khamenei started his research and writings when he was a theology student. He wrote and translated some books before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Some of his books and researches are: “General Outlines of Islamic Thought in the Quran”, “Patiance”, and “A Report about Historical Past and Present Condition of the Qom Seminary”.

He also translated books entitled “Imam Hassan Peace: History’s Most Magnificent Heroic Flexibility” written by Sheikh Rezi Al-e Yassin; and “Muslims in India’s Freedom Movement” written by Abdul Man’am al-Nemer.

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source: tehrantimes.com