Ayatollah Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, met with a group of cultural officials and activists from the provinces of Yazd and Hamadan on Monday morning, August 21, 2017.
In this meeting, his Eminence stressed the necessity of strengthening the revolutionary spirit among younger generations. He described Martyr Mohsen Hojaji as one of the fruitions of the revolution, adding: "Authorities in the cultural sector are obliged to strengthen and support the revolutionary spirit and currents in various environments."
Ayatollah Khamenei then pointed out the many grounds, which exist in today’s world, misleading the young generations: "Against these harmful propagandists and deceptive voices, there exist tremendous potentials for guiding and evolving the youth."
The Leader of the Revolution described Martyr Mohsen Hojaji as a brilliant example of Islamic and revolutionary evolution by stating: "Beloved Martyr Hojaji shined brilliantly in a world where there are plenty of deceptive audio and visual outlets, and God placed him before everyone’s eyes as proof.”
His Eminence made reference to the plenty of requests from young individuals who wish to fight on the battlefields against the enemy, further asserting: "Today many young individuals, with high motivations and incredible faith, long to sacrifice their lives, families and comforts, passionately fighting the enemy to protect their values. One should appreciate such new, valuable evolution."
Ayatollah Khamenei described strengthening the revolutionary spirit as the cultural officials and authorities’ most important duty. He addressed them by saying: "You should spend all your efforts on religious and revolutionary upbringing of the youth: and, you should know that morals and ethics are developed, consolidated along with strengthening the revolutionary and religious spirit; as well as voluntary activism and the desire to struggle for the sake of God."
Finally, the Leader of the Revolution stressed: "The officials should strengthen the great revolutionary momentum that, fortunately, flows among the youth: they should not act in a way that would lead to the weakening of the revolutionary current and the strengthening of the opposing current in cultural, academic, and religious promotion environments."
