Today we bid farewell to a man who is like no other

A leader who set the standard for what leadership is, a man who dedicated his life to Islam and righteousness

We mourn his loss with much pain and mourn him as we mourned our own father-like figure, Sayyed Hassan.

We loved Sayyed Ali deep, as Sayyed Hassan told us. Love that was true and honest.

We mourn our loss but celebrate today his great decent to the highest ranks in heaven

A rank everyone will be jealous of. A scholar, a fighter, an injured leader and a Martyr

That is our martyred leader, Sayyed Ali al-Khamenie

And for him and Sayyed Hassan we can promise, that as long as we are alive and no matter the hardships, we promise to stay true to the path they paved with blood

And I continue to be personally in pain, for our failure as Shia collectively, to punish the killers of one of the two greatest men in the past 100 years in the Shia community

May Ashoura be a lesson in patience during Hardship, and may Badr be our fate in the ongoing battle