Hawzah News Agency- The remarks were made during a grand gathering of scholars, clerics, seminary professors and students, preachers, and university academics in Iran's southern province of Fars, convened to honor the martyred Commander of the Islamic Ummah. The ceremony, held on Tuesday at the Imam Khomeini portico of the holy shrine of Shah Cheragh in Shiraz, drew a massive cross-section of society, with participants once again renewing their covenant with the ideals of the Leader of the Ummah, the Axis of Resistance, and its martyrs.
From Mourning Spectators to Responsible Actors
Addressing the gathering, Hojatoleslam Mohammad-Baqer Valdan, Director-General of the Islamic Propagation Organization of Fars Province, pointed to the millions-strong presence at the funeral of the Martyr Leader, describing it as a vivid testament to the strength and resilience of the Islamic Establishment's popular backing. However, he stressed that "We Must Rise" is not merely an epic slogan—it is the fundamental logic and the primary duty of society in the aftermath of the funeral rites for the pure bodies of the martyrs.
"If our presence at the funeral of the pure body of the Martyr Leader does not transform us from sorrowful spectators into faithful and responsible actors, then we must know that the rights of this pure blood have not been properly fulfilled," Valdan declared.
Deepening Enemy Awareness: A Core Duty Post-Martyrdom
The Fars provincial official underscored that the blood of martyrs serves to heighten awareness and deepen insight within society. He emphasized that the funeral of the Martyr Leader must transcend fleeting emotional fervor and instead become a valuable opportunity to deepen the recognition of the enemy within society and to further expose the true face of the global arrogance—particularly the criminal role of the United States.
Valdan centered his message on the Quranic concept of "rising for the sake of Allah" as the axis around which Islamic society must revolve, asserting that a true social awakening materializes only when a society enters the arena with insight and when every individual recognizes their role in safeguarding the ideals of the revolution and the martyrs.
"This gathering of academics and seminary scholars today is a renewal of allegiance to the path of the Revolution and Wilayah," he stated.
Martyr Leader as Architect of a New Islamic Civilization
Also addressing the ceremony, Mohammad-Taqi Iman, a professor of sociology at Shiraz University, reflected on the weighty responsibility borne by the intellectual elite to elucidate the path charted by the Martyr Leader. "Those who have departed have joined the path of Imam Hussein (PBUH), and those who remain must continue on this path," Iman said.
He argued that the Martyr Leader, transcending the conventional definition of a political leader, was actively shaping an intellectual model and a comprehensive social system on the trajectory toward a new Islamic civilization. Iman pointed to the Leader's crisis management, his strategic intelligence, and his relentless emphasis on national independence and the Resistance Economy as integral components of this intellectual framework—elements that now demand rigorous theorization and elaboration by academic and scholarly institutions.
A Message from Shiraz to the World
The gathering at the shrine of Shah Cheragh—a site revered as a beacon of Shia spirituality and martyrdom—sent a resounding message from the heart of Fars province: that the covenant with the martyred Imam is alive, and that the popular will of the Iranian nation, fused with the insight of its clerical and academic vanguards, stands ready to carry forward the unfinished mission of the martyrs and the Leader of the Ummah.
As mourners continue to gather across Iran and the wider region, the call to "Rise" echoes with renewed urgency—a declaration that the martyrdom of the Commander will not mark an end, but a powerful new chapter in the march toward justice, independence, and the realization of the promised Islamic civilization.
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