Iran sinks in sea of grief on 40th day of Leader’s martyrdom, Minab tragedy
Millions of Iranians have taken to the streets across the country to commemorate the 40th day since the martyrdom of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, top commanders and schoolchildren of Minab in the US-Israeli aggression against the country.
In the capital Tehran, the mourning procession began on Thursday morning, with participants marching from Jomhouri Square to the location where Ayatollah Khamenei was assassinated in the US-Israeli strikes.
Waiving Iran’s flags, carrying pictures of Ayatollah Khamenei, the mourners pledged their allegiance to his ideals.
The Leader was assassinated, alongside some of his family members, on February 28, the first day of the unprovoked aggression launched by the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran. A host of Iran's top military commanders and advisers were also assassinated, including Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani, and Major General Mohammad Pakpour.
The enemies have deliberately targeted Iran’s civilian infrastructure and energy facilities, killing hundreds of people. In one of the deadliest attacks on the first day of the aggression, the US military targeted a primary school in Minab, killing more than 170 civilians, mostly children.
The Iranian armed forces began to swiftly retaliate against the military assault by conducting barrages of missile and drone attacks on the Israeli-occupied territories as well as on the US assets in regional countries.
In a statement released on Thursday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said that the martyrdom of Ayatollah Khamenei was as effective as his lifetime presence in the promotion of Islamic Revolution and the Islamic Republic.
It also enumerated the resistance and unity of the Iranian nation and the Islamic establishment, as well as 100 fatal strikes by the Iranian armed forces and the enemies’ humiliating retreats, as parts of the blessings of the Leader’s pure blood during the imposed war.
Ayatollah Khamenei’s thought, discourse, conduct and command in the fields of resistance, independence, progress, justice, unity, fight against oppression, and spirituality form a comprehensive system for governing the country, it added.