Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei addressed the Iranian nation in a written message on the occasion of the 40th day after the martyrdom of a group of fellow Iranian citizens, military commanders, and scientists in the recent Zionist Israeli criminal regime on Friday.
After offering sincere condolences to the nation, Ayatollah Khamenei wrote that "The foolish and short-sighted enemy did not achieve its goal. The future will show that both military and scientific movements will, God willing, advance towards higher horizons more rapidly than in the past."
The Leader asked the nation to maintain their unity, declaring that the nation will grow stronger each day that passes.
He also called on the nation to continue their scientific and technological progress in different fields.
"It is a duty of military commanders to increasingly equip the country with the means to safeguard national security and independence," the message read elsewhere. It further read, "It is a duty of all responsible executive bodies to be serious and follow up on the country's work and bring it to fruition."
He further said that the journalists and writers have a duty to save and preserve the country's face, "reputation" and "dignity" in their works, Mehr reported.
Forty days ago on June 13th, the Zionist regime backed by the United States waged an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran. It carried out airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear, military and residential sites that resulted in the martyrdom of over 1,000 people, including top military commanders, nuclear scientists and civilians.
The Iranian military forces started counterattacks immediately afterwards. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force carried out 22 waves of retaliatory missile strikes against the Zionist regime as part of Operation True Promise III that inflicted heavy losses on cities across the occupied territories. The Iranian armed forces' crushing reposnse forced the regime and its main backed to ask for a ceasefire. A ceasefire that came into force on June 24 brought the fighting to a halt.
