Reliance upon Allah
In every crisis he called the people back to trust in God's promise, patience, and responsibility.
07 - The Life
Final Years
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The Last Years of Leadership
He remained Leader of the Islamic Republic until his martyrdom in 2026, after more than three decades in the position.
Official materials describe those decades as years of war, sanctions, internal crisis, and regional transformation, with him at the helm throughout.
The official special page describes him as a steady voice of resistance and principle through those pressures, and he continued to lead and to speak publicly to the end of his life.
In his final years his public statements concentrated on Palestine, the Resistance Front, Islamic unity, and the dignity of the ummah as a religious obligation. Among the heads of state of the Muslim world he remained nearly alone in confronting the Zionist entity and America openly, and he carried that stance to the end.
"People's minds must not be diverted from Palestine."Ayatollah Khamenei - May 10, 2025
Final Themes
Tawakkul
Palestine
Resistance
Shahada
Four themes ran through his final years of public speech.
The cause he would not drop
In his official selected statements, Palestine is treated as a defining test of Muslim political conscience.
A front to be strengthened
He described the Resistance as alive and said it must become stronger every day.
Martyrdom
The official special page records his teaching that martyrdom is the beginning of a new chapter.
The Whole Life
From the maktab in Mashhad to the leadership of the Islamic Republic.