World Shia Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has met with a number of top religious figures during his visit to the holy city of Qom in central Iran.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has met with a number of top religious figures during his visit to the holy city of Qom in central Iran.

The Leader, who is on a 9-day tour of the city, sat down with Grand Ayatollahs Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani, Hossein Nouri Hamedani, Naser Makarem Shirazi, Mousa Shobeiri Zanjani, Jafar Sobhani and Abdollah Javadi Amoli.

Imam Khamenei also visited the families of three martyrs of the 1980-1988 Iraqi imposed war on Iran late Thursday, and paid tribute to the fallen men as well as their next of kin. He offered prayers to their souls and prayed to God to grant their families patience and forbearance.

The Imam arrived in Qom on Tuesday and received a rapturous welcome upon his arrival. Thousands of people, including foreigners studying at Qom’s theology schools, poured into the streets to welcome him.

Imam Khamenei also addressed tens of thousands of clerics and students of the Qom Islamic Seminary early on Thursday.