by: Mahdi Fayyazy
Imam Husain (AS):
“إن کان دین محمّد لم یستقم الّ بقتلی فیا سیوف خذینی”
“If the religion of Mohammad will not stand sturdy except by my martyrdom, then o swords catch me.” Imam Husain (AS)
After 37 years of imparting the responsibility of leadership and by following the path of Imam Husain (AS), Grand Ayatollah Martyr Sayyid Ali Khamenei was martyred by the tyrants and arrogant powers of time on February 28, 2026.
His martyrdom resulted in the uprising of Ira- nian people and awakening the world about the essence of the world devouring United
States of America and blood-thirsty Israel. This invasion was the beginning of a 40-day war against the courageous Iranian nation.
Eight days after the martyrdom of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran and under the existing conditions of imposed war and bombardment of Iran by America and the Zionist regime, the Assembly of Experts, the members of which are elected by the peo- ple of Iran, identified and announced Ayatol- lah Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, according to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran – from among several other candidates. Even though Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei is the learned son of the martyred leader, this divine gift and popular personality was identified and announced as the third Vali-ye Faqih and representative of the Imam of Time (MayAllah expedite his re-appearance) according to a legal process and principles of religious democracy without taking into consideration the optics of hereditary.
Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei is a just and pious mujtahid who is in possession of a profound political, social, jurisprudential, and managerial insights and will, undoubted- ly lead the Islamic Revolution and the Islamic Republic of Iran in consultation with experts of the country and Iranian population.
The beginning of his leadership was accompa- nied with great victories of the Iranian nation in the war imposed by American and the Zion- ist regime and their atrocities.
The aim of this special issue is to provide the required information about the personality, capabilities, and lifestyle of this great personality to the readers.
