TEHRAN - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attended an Ashura night ritual in the Imam Khomeini Husseiniyeh in Tehran.

The mourning ceremony was attended by a large gathering of people from various walks of life and senior officials, including the Parliament speaker, Judiciary chief and first vice president.

The themes of resistance against oppression in the wake of the 12-day Israeli aggression on Iran featured in the remarks of Hojatoleslam Masoud Ali who addressed the event. Masoud Ali underscored the importance of the lessons from the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam who was killed in the Battle of Karbala in the seventh century.  

Masoud Ali said Iran under the leadership of Ayatollah Khamenei is the core of the global front against the "false front" led by the global Zionism.

“Drawing from the teachings of Ashura, the Iranian nation will never surrender to the false front, because it has adopted the slogan ‘never to humiliation’ as its guiding principle,” he said, according to Press TV.

The Leader did not address the ceremony, but, according to attendees, he called prominent eulogist Mahmoud Karimi over and whispered something in his ear.

As he began his eulogy, Karimi shared with the audience, “His Eminence told me to recite this: ‘You will remain in my soul and heart, O homeland...’”

President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed his joy over the Leader's attendance at the Ashura ritual on Saturday night in a message on his X account. 

Former foreign minister and deputy vice president Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Leader's "fearless" attendance in the Ashura ritual proved that "Iranian will never surrender".

"The fearless presence of Ayatollah Khamenei in a traditional public gathering permanently shattered the delusional lies that paid pundits have been pushing," Zarif wrote on X.

He added, "Time to wake up and admit that Iranians never surrender."

Zarif called on the arrogant countries led by United States to "stand on the right side of history and Never Threaten Iran."