Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, was martyred following the assault carried out by the Zionist regime and the United States on the morning of Saturday. As the rightful inheritor of the spirit of God, he, over the course of more than 37 years of astute and farsighted leadership, assumed the true vanguard of the Islamic cause. With unparalleled courage and unwavering faith, he inaugurated a new chapter in the governance of Islam and, until the final moment of his blessed and historic life, guided the Islamic Ummah in steadfast opposition to disbelief, tyranny, and global arrogance.