Hawzah News Agency- Shia source of emulation Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, in a message, has expressed his condolences over the martyrdom of Hujjat al-Islam Sabahi, the late Friday Prayer Imam of Kazeroun, to the scholars, clerics and people of Fars province.

The text of this message is as follows:

In the name of Allah, the Merciful

To God we belong and to Him we return

The news of the assassination attempt on the late Friday Imam of Kazeroun city, the late Hujjat al-Islam Sheikh Mohammad Sabahi, caused great sorrow and grief.

I offer my condolences to the scholars and clerics of Fars Province, the pious people of Fars region, especially the people of Kazeroun city and the family of the deceased, and I ask God Almighty for patience and a great reward for the survivors.

Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani

Hujjat al-Islam Mohammad Mesbahi suffered the injuries during the attack that saw an armed assailant opening fire at him after he led the prayers in the city on Friday.

Following the attack, the victim was transferred to the Namazi Hospital in Shiraz, the capital of the Fars Province, but ascended to martyrdom, despite being placed under intensive medical attention.

Mohammad Ali Bekhrad, Kazeroun’s governor, confirmed the incident.

Mesbahi used to serve as Kazeroun’s Friday prayer leader since 2019. Prior to that, he had been serving as Friday prayer leader in Fars’s Kharameh County for nine years.

Relevant judicial authorities are investigating the attack that led to Mesbahi’s martyrdom.