Leader's message for Persian Language Day and commemorating Ferdowsi

Pars Today — The message of Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, on the occasion of May 15 — Persian Language Day and the commemoration of the great Iranian poet, Hakim Abolqasem Ferdowsi — has been released.

Pars Today — The message of Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, on the occasion of May 15 — Persian Language Day and the commemoration of the great Iranian poet, Hakim Abolqasem Ferdowsi — has been released.

The text of the message from Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, issued on the occasion of May 15 — Persian Language Day and the commemoration of Hakim Abolqasem Ferdowsi — is as follows:

Persian language, in addition to being a tool for speech and writing, forms the framework of cognition and the connecting thread of thought and the identity borders of Iranians. Persian language and literature are among the greatest capacities for promoting the rich culture and civilization of Islamic Iran on a global scale. The recommendation of the wise and martyred Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to strengthen the Persian language serves as "a guiding light for the authority of 'Iranian-Islamic civilization'."

The dear Iranian nation, in the Third Sacred Defense, proved once again, as in the two previous imposed wars, that Ferdowsi's mythical stories are the reality of their lives and heroic character. The human-building, chivalrous, and Quranic concepts of the Shahnameh unite all ethnic groups and strata of Iran in preserving their identity, authenticity, and independence, and in fighting against the encroaching 'Zahhak-likes,' with one heart and one voice. This epic of presence, defense, and victory places a great responsibility on the shoulders of those in the fields of culture, literature, and art — to rise up like Ferdowsi, to shape the renaissance of artists in line with the renaissance of the people, to blend thought, pen, and language with art, and to immortalize the narrative of the nation's great uprising in history.

On the other hand, the gallant resistance and honorable victory against the invasion of the demonic and the devils of the world have prepared the nation more than ever to safeguard its civilizational independence and to counter the linguistic, cultural, and lifestyle invasion of America. With the initiative and innovation of activists in the cultural arena, aimed at ensuring linguistic and discursive defense and the growth and flourishing of children, adolescents, and youth, the nation will traverse the remaining stages toward final victory with greater steadfastness — by the help of God Almighty."