Following the release of a video showing millions of Iranians—mournful yet proud—participating in the farewell and funeral procession of the Islamic Revolution’s martyred leader in Tehran, a post on the social media platform X read that today, in Iran’s capital, Iranians bade farewell to a great leader—a figure the likes of whom history has rarely produced. Amidst this unparalleled send-off, prayers are on every lip and gazes stretch toward the horizon; it is as if history has paused for a moment to turn the page to a new chapter.
A blessed figure has departed, yet what he left behind as a legacy is far more than just a name or an era, he said, adding that it is a heritage of self-belief, a quest for dignity, a drive for independence, patriotism, and steadfastness in the face of the storms of adversity.
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