The phenomenon of Arbaeen is an indescribable, unprecedented phenomenon. This extraordinary movement is a great, astonishing demonstration. There is nothing like it in the world. Western powers cannot understand what this movement means. They cannot absorb it. That is why you have witnessed how they have remained silent since the beginning. They have hatched a plot of silence. While the Western powers and media expose every little move that takes place in the world, they have not mentioned this huge movement of the people for years. Only recently, they have mentioned it a little, but their analyses were hostile and erroneous. From the viewpoint of the believers who walk on this path, their analyses were ridiculous. The likes of the English media and other such media presented hostile analyses. This shows that the bubbling of this blessed spring has caused them to become extremely agitated. Thus, they are unable to analyze it.
Ayatollah Khamenei