Hawzah News Agency- Imam Hasan (pbuh) stopped the military struggle against the enemy, an enemy that needed to be exposed first and then fought [militarily], to begin a political and cultural struggle against him… Indeed, Imam Hasan (pbuh) prepared the background for the Ashura uprising and the continuation of Imamate in Shi’a Islam.

[Imam Khamenei, June 7, 1985]