TEHRAN- Professor Nimet Yıldırım, the Head of the Persian Language and Literature Department at Atatürk University in Erzurum, Turkey, has released a message of solidarity with the Iranian people following the recent US-Israeli aggression and the martyrdom of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution.

In his message, the prominent Turkish scholar expressed his deep condolences, describing the martyrs as "eternal stars in the sky of faith and freedom," ISNA reported on Monday. 

"Beloved Iran today mourns stars who shone in the firmament of dignity and, through their martyrdom, lit an everlasting lamp in the heart of history," Yıldırım wrote. He paid tribute to the late Leader and his companions, specifically mentioning the daughter of Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, the Leader’s daughter-in-law, who was martyred along with Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Extending his sympathy to the Iranian nation, Muslim communities, and all seekers of justice, he underscored the immortality of those who sacrifice for love and truth.

Yıldırım emphasized that Persian language and literature scholars in Turkey share in this grief. "This agonizing loss has left a deep wound in the hearts of the Iranian people and all lovers of truth. We, as professors of Persian literature, consider ourselves partners in your sorrow," the message read.

Concluding his message, the Turkish academic prayed for the highest spiritual ranks for the martyrs and patience for their families.

Following the Zionist regime and the US's a coordinated attack on Sunday morning, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, was martyred. Also, in a deadly strike on a girls’ school in southern Iran — Shajareh Tayyebah elementary school in Minab, a city in Hormozgan province, 168 children were martyred and 95 were injured.

In response, Operation “True Promise 4” has begun and will continue until the defeat of enemies.

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