AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei will deliver a speech at a ceremony marking the 33rd demise anniversary of Imam Khomeini (RA), an official said.
Hojat-ol-Islam Mohammad Ali Ansari, secretary of the committee for commemoration of the demise anniversary, made the remark at a press conference here in Tehran on Monday.
He said the ceremony will begin at the mausoleum of the late founder of the Islamic Republic on Saturday, June 4, and will include a speech by the Leader.
According to Hojat-ol-Islam Ansari, the event will be organized with the full compliance with the health protocols.
Although the coronavirus wave has subsided, only 150,000 people from different parts of the country will attend the ceremony, he said.
There will be another commemorative event planned for Friday evening at the holy shrine, he stated, noting that it will be addressed by President Ebrahim Raeisi.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Moussavi Khomeini, better known as Imam Khomeini, engineered Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, which led to the overthrow of the US-backed Shah of Iran.
Born in 1902, he grew to become the iconic leader of the Iranian nation’s struggle in the 1970s against the centuries-old monarchical tyranny.
Imam Khomeini passed away on June 3, 1989, at the age of 87.
Every year on the occasion, a commemoration ceremony is held at Imam Khomeini’s mausoleum in southern Tehran, with large crowds of mourners attending. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei traditionally addresses the annual event.
In the past two years, however, the ceremony was replaced with a live televised speech by Ayatollah Khamenei.
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source : IQNA
Tuesday
31 May 2022
3:52:59 AM
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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei will deliver a speech at a ceremony marking the 33rd demise anniversary of Imam Khomeini (RA), an official said.