Martyr Hojaji, A True Student of School of Imam Hussein (AS)
Hojaji, a member of the Iranian advisory support team in Syria, was taken captive by the Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) Takfiri terrorist group near the Iraqi border last week and beheaded two days later.
Addressing an open session of the parliament on Sunday, Larijani said the brutal killing of Hojaji hurt the feelings of the Islamic Ummah.
He added, though, that his martyrdom also presented a lesson of steadfastness and self-sacrifice on the path toward one’s sublime goals.
Hojaji proved that he was a true student of the school of Imam Hussein (AS) and his martyrdom demonstrated that today’s war against terrorism is another encounter between the followers of Imam Hussein (AS) and the followers of Yazid, Larijani went on to say.
In a statement on Thursday and following the beheading of Hojaji in Syria, Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards’ Quds Force, said Iranian forces would not rest until they have wiped out every last terrorist from the face of the Muslim world.
He added that the "horrific, inhumane crime” came in the wake of successive blows dealt on several fronts to Takfiri-Wahhabi terror groups, which are tied to global arrogance.
"The atrocity does not fall within any Islamic, or even humanitarian principle or law,” the statement said.
At the request of Iraq and Syria, the Islamic Republic has been providing advisory assistance to the respective countries’ armies in their fight against Takfiri terrorists.
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