Friday prayers have resumed in cities throughout Iran after a four-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 outbreak. RNA – Hujjat al-Islam Habib Sha’bani, in his Friday prayer sermon in Hamadan, stated, “It has been more than four months since Friday prayers were cancelled in Hamadan and other provinces due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus at the discretion of the authorities. During this period, many social groups, religious delegations, etc., put forward their utmost efforts to fight against this vicious virus and the efforts of these loved ones are commendable for all of us.”
The representative of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Hamadan province added, “Fortunately, today we are witnessing Friday prayers in Hamadan and several other cities in the province and therefore, we ask other esteemed compatriots to try to get rid of this disease as soon as possible by observing health protocols.”
Hujjat al-Islam Abolqasem Ya’qoubi, in his Friday prayer sermon in Bojnourd, spoke in honour of the anniversary of the martyrdom of Shahid Ayatollah Mohammad Hoseyni-Beheshti and 72 of the supporters of the Islamic Revolution, saying, “On the 7th of Tir [June 28, 1981] a severe blow was dealt to the body of our system in such a way that if it weren’t for the Imam [Khomeyni] and the focus of religious leadership and the Supreme Leader, this blow would have been enough to bring about the downfall of the country but the late Imam calmed the people with just one ‘Indeed we belong to God and to Him do we indeed return.’”
The representative of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in North Khorasan province stated, “Our revolution doesn’t believe in individuals, but has a monotheistic basis, and people don’t get heartbroken when individuals abandon the revolution. In other words, the blood of these greats isn’t less than their lives and it has an impact on the process of society.”
Hujjat al-Islam Abbas-Ali Jirani, in his Friday prayer sermon in Damghan, referred to the American Human Rights Review and Disclosure Week and called the gesture of defending human rights by American government officials and their allies as “ridiculous and funny” and added, “Can a country which has carried out more than 100 wars, military attacks, coup d’états and violations in other countries in the last century and killed millions of innocent people be a human rights defender?”
He added, “This state and the ruling regime, which treats its people in this manner, wherever crime, aggression and war take place on the planet, plays a direct or indirect role. It’s a symbol of oppression, child murder and the violation of the rights of people. Its crimes over the last century in West Asia have claimed the lives of millions of Muslims. Now they are talking about human rights – a claim that is unbelievable to anyone with common sense.”
Hujjat al-Islam Sayyed Ahmad-Reza Shahrokhi, in his Friday prayer sermon in Khorramabad, stated that the roadmap of the Islamic Republic is based on Islamic principles and noted, said, “The basic principles of Imam Khomeyni and his policies on economic principles and the internal and external administration of the country have been recorded in his Sahifeh-ye Nour and written in his divine political will, which should be given special attention.”
The representative of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Lorestan province emphasized, “The path to victory and progress and achieving the cultural, religious and economic peaks is possible based on piety. The Supreme Leader has been the flagbearer of these principles and they always remind us of these principles so that our movements are based on these principles.”
Hujjat al-Islam Mohammad-Ali Nekounam, in his Friday prayer sermon in Shahrekord, referred to the events which occurred during the month of Tir, including the failed assassination of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution on June 27, 1981, and the martyrdom of Ayatollah Beheshti and his companions on June 28, 1981, as well as the martyrdom of Ayatollah Mohammad Sadouqi on July 2, 1982, and said, “All of this was done by the hypocritical group [People’s Mujahedin of Iran] with the direct support of the bloodthirsty United States and these crimes will never be erased from the memory of the Iranian nation.”
The representative of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province referred to the 17,000 martyrs who were the victims of assassination attacks carried out in the country by the criminal United States and stated, “These crimes showed that American human rights can no longer be beautified for anyone. Today, American human rights demonstrate their nature well and no one can justify them.”
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