Artists should eternalize the rising of the Iranian nation as Ferdowsi did

This epic of presence, defense, and victory places a significant duty on the people of culture, literature, and the arts to rise as Ferdowsi did and bring about a "bi’tha (rising) of the artists" in the wake of the people’s own bi’tha. They must blend thought, the pen, and the tongue with art to make the narrative of the nation’s great uprising eternal in history.

Imam Sayyid Mojtaba Khamenei
May 15, 2026