By Akram Hosseini Shabestari

Students who are martyred are never marked absent

Families of Minab’s martyred students attend Tehran Students’ Day gathering amid rain and missile damage

TEHRAN – This report goes beyond words. It is about a deeply emotional gathering. Every year on Aban 13 (November 4), Iranian students come together for their annual meeting with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. This year, however, the occasion was marked by a profound absence: the leader they had gathered to meet had been martyred.