One year has passed since Sayyed Ebrahim Raisi and his companions rose to the rank of martyrs.

From the classrooms of Qom to the presidential office in Tehran, he marched faithfully in the footsteps of the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS), conducting both his presidential and his religious, preaching duties. Crowned Servant of al-Reza, he never let statecraft eclipse humility; power, to him, was worth only what it could shelter of the oppressed.

Raisi’s voice traveled farther than his nation’s borders. Across fronts, hopes are tested by countless atrocities, but the embers of resistance still glow, guarded by hearts that remember his words:
The enemy does not fear your weapons; the enemy fears you yourselves.

Thus the axis he helped nurture moves through trial as the caravan of Al-Husayn (AS) once moved through Karbala: sacrifice as strategy, steadfastness as sword. Towns may burn and companions may fall, yet the creed endures—hayhāt minnā al-dhillah, never to humiliation!

His helicopter fell on 19 May 2024, but every drop of his blood watered new resolve, whether in Tehran, in the foothills of Yemen, the stubborn villages of Lebanon, in the pride of our nation Gaza, or in Jenin’s winding streets, and in the camps where the dream of return remains. The compass he left us points unerringly to Al-Quds, and the oath he modeled remains: defend the vulnerable, resist tyranny, and never trade dignity for ease.

We renew that oath today. Whether triumph is granted or sacrifice demanded, we advance—certain that all unfolds within a wisdom greater than our own.

RNN