Stories from memorial ceremony in Tehran

• Message from Tehran: I don’t think people realize what we’re witnessing right now. Perhaps those behind their phone screens who are not in Tehran may never understand, but the atmosphere here is crazy. People are coming to Tehran from all over the world; from Russia, Brazil, Norway, Germany, … to attend the farewell ceremony for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the martyred leader of Iran. Many from Tehran have made their homes available to visitors and many are on the streets with their own money giving people services such as free tea, food…. many are volunteering. Millions, and I truly say millions are coming in and out the Prayer hall to pay their respects to the martyred leader. The surrounding areas ourside the prayer hall were packed and filled with people this morning during the prayers, thankfully with no incidents. A family member of mine is among the volunteers inside the prayer hall helping who’s been sleeping there since Friday and has not left the area. Many people (that I personally know as well) who never attended a public march, decided to attend this one for the love of their leader. The magnitude of this event is beyond any words honestly. This is the Iranian nation that Trump thought would surrender…. like we say in Farsi: “Dream on, may it at least be a good dream.”

• She worked as a teacher in one of the poor neighborhoods before she was martyred [by the US-Israel bombing]. Her father is the head of the Iranian Parliament. Her husband is Seyyed Mostafa Khamenei, the son of the martyred Supreme Leader. She holds a higher degree. She could have worked as a professor at any prestigious university, but she decided to work under a pseudonym titled 'Khaneh Hosseini' or Mrs. Hosseini as a teacher without revealing her lineage, her husband, or her father!! Her close friend Majdeh Mohammadi visited her home and was shocked by a simple 'Sajjad' carpet, a number of woolen cushions, a kitchen at the entrance, and two small rooms in an area of approximately 80 meters! Her mother-in-law, her father... and everyone talks and spreads about the simplicity and humility of her life. No global brands or Chanel bags worth $4,000 or diamond-encrusted watches. No convoys and personal security wearing suits running behind and in front of her. And the daughter of the head of the Parliament and a member of the Assembly of Experts, one of the highest bodies of the system. And she is the owner of the master's degree but chose to be a hidden teacher in the southern neighborhoods of Tehran. She is the holy Lady Zahra Hadad Adel. 

• Fars News Agency: Tehran Metro Company: From 5:30 am yesterday until 7:00 am this morning, 7,141,212 trips were recorded on Tehran’s metro network heading to Tehran’s prayer hall. Tomorrow (Monday) will be the funeral procession walk. The procession route will happen in: Damavand Street, Imam Hussein Square, Enqelab Street, Enqelab Square, Azadi Street, Azadi Square, and along Shahid Lashgari Highway, in Tehran.

• Salman Khurshid, former foreign minister and the law minister in India, honoring the memory of the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution: "Periodically somebody surfaces who dedicates best parts of their life to civilizational link between India and Iran; and Ayatollah Khamenei actually personified that relationship which goes back for centuries."
• Moments when the sons of Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei broke down in tears.