▪️O martyred father of the Ummah! May you enjoy the sweet nectar of martyrdom, which you yearned for all your life. May the robe of martyrdom be a blessing upon you – with a body that bears the marks of your mother, the pure Fatimah Zahra, and your ancestors, Abu Abdillah al-Hussain and Abulfazl al-Abbas (peace and blessings be upon them). And to you, his innocent companions, who were taken by surprise in the enemy's attack and attained martyrdom!

▪️Congratulations, for you are now the guests of that Master whose kindness and grace you had perhaps experienced many times. He, who is the gateway to divine mercy for all and especially for the people of this land, is now your host, and the sanctuary of his presence is now your home.

▪️And to you, O exalted Master! O magnanimous one! O benevolent Imam! O Abu al-Hassan al-Reza al-Murtaza, may God’s highest blessings be upon you! Today, the torn and broken body of a servant from among your servants who is one of your pure descendants, following years of relentless dedication and unceasing struggle, rests in this sacred soil alongside the bodies of the martyrs from his family. Each is a reminder of a martyr from the plain of Karbala. Here they shall rest until the day when, by God's command, the sun that illuminates the world, the Remnant of God on earth (may God hasten his noble reappearance), emerges from behind the clouds of occultation to radiate the light of God's mercy upon the people on earth. On that day, which we are hopeful will arrive very soon, stars from among the truthful, the martyrs, and those closest to God will accompany him. We are hopeful that our martyred Leader will be one of them, once again displaying brilliant, peerless scenes in striving for God's cause and faithfulness to the Covenant of Alast. And perhaps these companions will once again stand by his side on that day.

▪️O benevolent Master! We entrust to you our Leader, who devoted everything he possessed to your cause, and with him his martyred companions. We entrust them to your grace, your kindness, and your loving care, praying that just as they were blessed with your grace during their lives on earth, they may henceforth receive your grace in an even greater, more abundant measure.

▪️In closing, we extend our condolences once more to our Master, the Remnant of God [Imam Mahdi] (may God hasten his noble reappearance). We humbly beseech that magnanimous, kind figure to direct his pure prayers toward Iran's martyred Leader, his martyred companions, and all the other martyrs. May he beseech God, the Exalted and Most High, to grant all the martyrs the loftiest ranks, to bestow patience and a divine reward upon their bereaved families, and to grant the oppressed nation of Iran a certain, imminent victory, God willing.

✍Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei
Tir 18, 1405
[July 9, 2026]

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