Khamenei.ir

Imam Hussein (as) and his followers endured agonizing pain and suffering during Ashura

The pain and suffering which Imam Hussein (a.s.) and his followers endured on the day of Ashura were too agonizing and the harm which was inflicted was very serious. The life of Hussein ibn Ali (a.s.) is more valuable than everything in the world. The pure and sacred lives of those followers of Imam Hussein (a.s.), the lives of those youth and those members of Imam Hussein's (a.s.) household are not comparable to the life of other people. Their bodies were covered in blood and dirt. They made sacrifices and they laid down their lives. The households of the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) and Imam Ali (a.s.) were imprisoned. Those events are very tragic and very difficult to tolerate. But what was achieved on the day of Ashura was so great and glorious that it made it easy for Imam Hussein (a.s.), his followers and his household to endure the sufferings. This has been narrated by prominent figures.

Imam Hussein's sacrifice prevented the deviation of Islam and the Prophet's path

The Islamic Ummah should never forget the event of Ashura which is a lesson and a source of guidance for us. Definitely, Islam is alive because of the event of Ashura and the efforts of Hussein ibn Ali (a.s.). "And I am from Hussein." This narration means that Hussein (a.s.) continued the path of the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.) and he continued to promote Islam after him. If it had not been for the event of Ashura and if these great sacrifices had not been made in the history of Islam, this valuable experience and this practical lesson would not have been bestowed on the Islamic Ummah and Islam would have definitely deviated from its path - as many religions before Islam did - and nothing would have remained from it. The greatness of Ashura is because of this.

Supporting the Zionist regime is the most shameless kind of Violation of human rights

The savage attack on Gaza over the past week, which is truly shocking, should awaken the world of Islam and it should give fresh impetus to the movement of Muslim peoples... The leaders of global arrogance behave so shamelessly in this crisis. They not only do not frown at the brutal Zionist regime and they not only do not prevent it from doing what it is doing, but they rather support and encourage it. America explicitly supported the Zionists. England supported them. France supported them. These are the leaders of global arrogance. Muslim peoples do not have enemies who are as hated and brutal as these people. All these people explicitly supported them. The recent event shows how willing the leaders of global arrogance are to observe morality. They are very far away from human qualities. Now that they give political support to the Zionist regime for the purpose of safeguarding their corrupt political interests, why do they claim that they support human rights?

Leader Meets with Basijis

Had it not been for Ashura, Islam would have gone astray like other religions

Had it not been for Ashura, had this great sacrifice not been made in the history of Islam, had this lesson not been taught and this experience not offered, Islam would have certainly suffered from deviation like the religions before Islam had suffered from, and nothing would have remained of the truth of Islam and its luminosity.

Leader Meets with Hajj Officials

Leader's Speech to Officials of Mirza Kuchak Khan Jangali Commemoration Congress

Leader’s Speech at 4th Strategic Thoughts Forum

They arrange meetings with terrorists/They took MEK off their "list of terrorist organizations"

They were claiming that they were opposed to terrorism. Today in our region and in many other parts of the world, they enter into an alliance with terrorists. They arrange meetings with terrorists and negotiate with them. They provide terrorists with money and weapons so that they can carry on their terrorist activities. They support the Munafeqeen grouplet who have admitted to assassinating thousands of people in the country. They took this grouplet off their "list of terrorist organizations".

Leader Meets with Students

Leader’s Speech to Students

Leader’s Hajj Message - 2012

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the Two Worlds, and peace and greetings be upon the great and trustworthy Prophet, and upon his immaculate and chosen household and his blessed companions.

Leader Meets Outstanding Personalities of North Khorasan

Leader’s Speech to Outstanding Personalities of North Khorasan

Leader Meets with People of Shirvan

Leader Meets with Basijis of North Khorasan

Leader’s Speech to People of Shirvan

Leader’s Speech to Youth of North Khorasan

We have made progress in regards to social justice

If we are determined to make progress, one of the important standards that we have to take into consideration is justice. I believe that we have made progress in this regard - of course, not as much as we wanted to. If we compare our conditions with the conditions that existed before the Islamic Revolution, we have made progress. If we compare our conditions with the conditions of other countries with different systems of government, we have made progress. But if we compare our current conditions with what Islam has demanded from us, there is a long way to go and we need to make a lot of efforts, and the responsibility lies on the shoulders of both the people and government officials. We have made progress in equitable distribution of our resources throughout the country...Today we see that all parts of the country have access to different services and to roads and highways. People in all parts of the country can receive education.

Leader Meets with Families of Martyrs and War Veterans

Leader Meets with People of Esfarayen

Most of the country's resources were at the disposal of the Shah and his dependents

We have made progress in equitable distribution of our resources throughout the country. There was a day when the largest portion of our national resources used to be allocated to certain regions which were affiliated with powerful people of that time, with court officials. And many other cities and provinces were completely deprived of our national resources. Before the Revolution, there were five personal airports in different parts of one of our big provinces. Those airports belonged to people affiliated with court officials of the Shah. This was while there was not even one single airport in that province which could be used by the people. That is to say, the people of that province could not use airplanes to fly in and out of the province, while there were five personal airports in the same province. This was injustice. Today we see that all parts of the country have access to different services and to roads and highways.

Leader’s Speech to People of Esfarayen

Leader's Speech in Meeting with Families of Martyrs and War Veterans of North Khorasan

Leader's Speech in Meeting with Armed Forces in North Khorasan Province

Leader Meets with Armed Forces of North Khorasan Province

Leader's Speech to Teachers and Professors of North Khorasan

Leader Meets with Teachers and Professors of North Khorasan

Leader Meets with Clergy of North Khorasan Province

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met Wednesday night with seminarians and scholars of North Khorasan province. During the meeting, His Eminence said that the clergy are inseparable from the Islamic Republic and reiterated: "Islamic seminaries should consider themselves as soldiers of the Islamic Republic, they should make efforts for the Islamic Republic, they should be concerned about the Islamic Republic, and they should try to strengthen the Islamic Republic."

Leader’s Speech to People of Bojnourd