Hawzah News Agency (Khorramshahr, Iran) – At the "Souvenir of the Light Land" festival that was held at the Martyr Bakeri camp in the Iranian city of Khorramshahr, Ayatollah Arafi stated, "Islamic seminaries have never been empty of martyrdom and fighting in the path of God."

He asserted, "If we want to inherit martyrs' legacy and protect blood of the thousands of martyred clerics throughout the history, our first duty is to use Islamic science, jurisprudence, theology, and philosophy to create thoughts and ideas that save the society."

Addressing seminary students, Ayatollah Arafi said, "Study well and hard and be the pivot of creating noble thoughts and ideas, not only for Iran, but for the whole world."

Head of Iran's seminaries added, "Share Islamic thoughts and message of the martyred clerics in any possible form, through Islamic propagation, art, media or the cyberspace and believe in your ability to change the world, because if the Islamic seminary does not believe that, it will totally fail."