In the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei said the commemoration of martyrs across the
country is a sign of divine favor and resolve for Iran to continue to enjoy the
protection and care afforded by martyrs and added, "Honoring the martyrs of some
strata such as martyred workers is doubly valuable because in all of the
incidents of the era of the Revolution, countering [anti-Islamic Republic]
groups and the Sacred Defense [against Iraqi aggression in the 1980s], the
workers were on the scene with insight and zeal.”
He pointed to the failure of forces hostile to the Revolution in provoking
workers against the Islamic Republic, adding, "One of the main efforts of the
enemies was to provoke and force the workers into causing stagnation in
factories; however, the enemies stood up with insight, diligence and piety and
snubbed the hand of the enemy.”
Leader of the Islamic Revolution cited the prominent presence of laborers in the
Sacred Defense as another arena of their religious zeal and devotion and
reiterated, "Whenever the honorable Imam (late founder of the Islamic Republic
Imam Khomeini) sent out a summons, many young and faithful workers whose
livelihood was dependent on their daily income went to battlefronts as Basijis
(volunteer forces) and logically and rationally said, ‘We must go and defend the
country and Islamic borders because if the enemy takes over, we will have
neither bread nor anything else."
He also urged the organizers of the congress of martyrs to carry out effective
measures and avoid ceremonial deeds
Source: Leader.ir/en