Characteristics of Shahid Soleimani School in the Thought of Ayatollah Khamenei

With the martyrdom of General Soleimani in December 2017 at the hands of the Americans, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution emphasized the need to look at the school of this dear martyr, and in his various statements on this occasion, he mentioned some of the characteristics of this school. Accordingly, the present study intends to first identify the characteristics of this school in his thought and then present it in the form of a network of themes.

This research is of qualitative type and content analysis method has been used to collect data. Its statistical population includes all the non-confidential statements of leadership from 14 June 1989 to December 2020 on issues related to the present study. The method of data collection is a library method with note-taking tools and reference to first-hand documents. The research findings have been analyzed and presented using a network of themes.

The research findings show that a total of 114 key points (basic theme) about the characteristics of the school of Shahid Soleimani can be extracted from the orders and messages of the wise leader of the Islamic Revolution. These points fall into a network of interconnected themes at two levels of all-encompassing themes (pure monotheistic faith) and organizing themes (martyrdom, struggle, piety, sincerity, courage, resourcefulness, revolutionary, cooperation, self-sacrifice and enmity).