Leader vows to avenge martyr Ayatollah Khamenei’s blood

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Khamenei has pledged to avenge the killing of Martyr Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei after thanking people for their massive participation in the funeral procession and burial ceremony of the martyred Leader last week.

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يکشنبه - ۱۱ مهر ۲۰۲۶ / 2026 11 July

he Leader made the remarks in a message issued after the funeral procession and burial of the martyred Leader, describing him as having lived and died in the spirit of Imam Hussain (PBUH).

The following is the full transcript of the Leader’s message:

Peace be upon you, O Thār Allāh [the one whose blood belongs to God, and whose blood God Himself will avenge] and the son of Thār Allāh, the Solitary One whose blood still awaits God's final vindication. Peace be upon you, and upon your grandfather, your father, your mother, your brother, and the Infallible Ones among your descendants.

Peace and blessings be upon the Imam whose life-giving call of his uprising sent forth the mighty, resonant echo of the Prophet’s mission [the Bi'thah] reverberating through the deepest reaches of history and ultimately giving rise to the Islamic Revolution of Iran. This was a revolution that was fundamentally Hussaini in nature, built and nurtured upon the slogans and principles of Imam Hussain (pbuh). The martyred Leader of Iran also grew under these very same principles. He was Hussaini in character; he thought like Hussain, acted like Hussain, and engaged in jihad and resistance in a manner similar to Imam Hussain (pbuh). He lived by the example of Hussain and ultimately sacrificed his blood on the path of the Hussaini school of thought as he was martyred.

Among the followers of Hussain are those whose blood, when unjustly spilled in his path and for his school of thought and ideals, moves the Muslim Ummah to action, so that their time becomes joined to Ashura and their place to Karbala. And now, that same Hussaini fervor has reawakened our nation and revealed the school of the Great Khomeini and the martyred Khamenei in a new light. This is the life-giving outcry that echoes the cry of Imam Hussain’s innocence and his call of “Hal min nasirin yansuruni [Is there any helper to come to my aid?]” – an echo that reverberates across Iran, and subsequently in Iraq and other nations, sending tremors through the foundations of falsehood. On this occasion, it is only fitting to extend my heartfelt gratitude for the incredible, enemy-shattering, and historic turnout of tens of millions of people across the cities and villages of Iran and Iraq, particularly in Tehran, Qom, Najaf, Karbala, and Mashhad.

Our nation seeks to take revenge for the blood of Hussain. For years, this great nation has sacrificed its children on the path of Hussain, battling the enemies of Hussain and the enemies of Hussain’s way. Today, this nation seeks to take revenge for his blood and the blood of the people like Hussain of our time.

Now, I offer these words to our martyred Leader: O unjustly slain Leader! O you who’ve been oppressed but are exalted! O righteous servant of God! As we bid farewell to your body with tearful eyes and broken hearts, we pledge to safeguard your legacy, to steadfastly traverse the straight path you laid out, to fear no hardships along the way, and to attach our hearts to divine promises and glad tidings as you did. We pledge to avenge your pure blood and the blood of all the martyrs of these two wars by taking revenge against the criminal, disgraceful murderers. This vengeance is what our nation is demanding, and this must definitely be done. These criminals, whose names are fully documented from the highest to the lowest ranks, will carry their dream of a peaceful death in bed to the grave. They must know that this action doesn’t depend on my presence or that of any other official. Whether we are here or not, this will be done. Soon, free-spirited people throughout the world will each carry out a part of this divine mission.

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]