Grand Ayatollah Saanei issued a statement inviting people to participate in demonstrations this Friday, Quds Day. Ayatollah Saanei stressed that the Quds Day is an international day for the innocent to protest against oppressors, and emphasized that by active participation in Friday’s rallies, people will be able to express their strong resistance against any kind of oppression and tyranny while showing their support for all the innocent and oppressed people anywhere in the world.
Meanwhile, Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini’s grandson, also issued a statement to invite everyone to attend the Quds Day rally in the last Friday of Ramadan. Khomeini invoked his grandfather’s declaration that Quds Day is intended to honor the oppressed who fight their oppressors and tyranny all over the world. Seyyed Hassan Khoemini has been criticized harshly by the hardliner media, specifically Kayhan, for his support of the reformist camp, accusing him of colluding with the reformist leaders and activists.
September 16, 2009