Ayatollah Seyyed Mostafa Khamenei: Patience in This Calamity Does Not Contradict Retaliation Against Evildoers

Ayatollah Seyyed Mostafa Khamenei, the eldest son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivered a speech on Tuesday, July 14, at a commemorative ceremony held in the main prayer hall of Tehran’s Grand Mosalla. In his remarks, he referred to the theme of patience in the face of a great calamity, linking it to continuing the path and reaching the ultimate goal. He also stressed that such patience is not incompatible with revenge and confronting the wicked of the world who were involved in major crimes.

• Ayatollah Seyyed Mostafa Khamenei referred in his speech to the Quranic verse, “And give glad tidings to the patient.”
• He defined patience as enduring a great calamity in such a way as to continue one’s clear path properly and correctly until reaching the ultimate goal.
• Ayatollah Seyyed Mostafa Khamenei stated that patience will not conflict in any way with revenge and confronting the wicked of the world who were involved in these major crimes.
• Some sources used the phrase “fighting the criminals” instead of “revenge and confronting the wicked of the world.”
• The commemorative ceremony was held with the حضور of military and government officials as well as members of the public in Tehran.
• IRNA and Jamaran cited the date of the ceremony as Tuesday, July 14.
• IRNA and Jamaran identified the venue as Tehran’s Grand Imam Khomeini Mosque and Prayer Ground.
• Didban Iran used the phrase “our patience will not in any way hinder revenge” in its headline.. Coverage difference: Most media outlets focused on Ayatollah Seyyed Mostafa Khamenei’s direct quote that patience does not conflict with revenge and confronting the wicked of the world. Some sources, such as ISNA and Didban Iran, used phrases like “fighting the criminals” or “our patience will not in any way hinder revenge” in their headlines, which differ slightly from the original quote. Also, some outlets provided more details about the time and place of the ceremony, while others limited themselves to the quote alone.