1. Imam Husayn (A.S.), The Grandson of the Holy Prophet of Islam (S.A.W.),the Doyen of the Martyrs, the Chief of the Youth of Paradise, the second son of Imam Ali(A.S.) and H.Fatimah Zahra (A.S.), the third Holy Imam of the Shi'ites was martyred along with his 72 faithful followers on 10 th Muharram (Ashura),61 Hijrah. In Karbala (Iraq) and saved Islam from complete destruction by his great sacrifice.

2. On this Sorrowful and Mourning Occasion of the Martyrdom Anniversary of Imam Husayn(A.S.) and his 72 faithful followers we express our Heartfelt Grief and Condolences to the 1.4 Billion Strong Muslim Ummah and all the freedom-loving and oppressed people in the world.

3. If there had been a Muslim to carry out Imam Khomeini's fatwa against the renegade Salman Rushdie, this rabble who insult our Prophet Mohammed in Denmark, Norway and France would not have dared to do so. -Syed Hassan Nasrallah

4. Mourning sessions for Imam Hussein (A.S) who sacrificed in the Path of God, have developed young men and youth who voluntarily go to the war fronts seeking martyrdom and feel unhappy if they don't achieve it. It develops such mothers who urge their sons to go to the war fronts and if they do not return, the mothers wish they had more sons to send or say we have other sons to send to the war fronts.... - Imam Khomeini (RA)