Watch the video of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s biggest leader, or photos- one thing will look common in them, stoned rings in their hands. Rohollah Khomeini, who brought an Islamic revolution, also wears such rings on which red-brown or blue stones were seen. It was not just a hobby, but a part of the Shia spiritual tradition. Even in the religious places of Iran, the work of Akik is seen from Firoza to red-brown stone.
Tehran is in discussion about the war with Tel Aviv these days. Meanwhile, people are getting attention on many unseen aspects. For example, Ratnajadi rings of Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran. Rings with red, blue, green stones are also seen on their official website. These gems are considered to be Mubarak. This is the reason that from Iran’s leader to common people also wearing many types of stones.
First of all talk about the current leader Khamenei. One of the rings they usually wear is of silver, which has a yellow stone. Some talisman is written on the stone called Akiq or Hakik. The combination of yellow akiq and taliz has been linked to spirituality. Some less precious stones are very recognized on the joint of the rest of the gems.
They wear blue-green rings many times. This is firoza which gives many types of barkat and spiritual benefits to the wearer. Many times a stone like transparent quartz also showed in his hands. This is called a distant-e-najaf, about which it is believed that it brings peace to the mind. Similarly, the red Yemeni looked in the hands of Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini. It is considered to be a very high -level stone in the Shia tradition, which is worn with silver.
France also mentions 24 websites that many big religious officials including Khamenei were often seen wearing rings of such stones. This trend is also among the common people. Blue-green stone Firoza is called the national stone of Iran. This means victory in Persian. This stone has been a part of Iranian culture for hundreds of years, which is also seen on the interior of domes and mosques there. But due to these two leaders, the demand and religious status of such stones increased on the entire Shia community, especially in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon.
There are many Iranian markets, where these stones are found. Like Neshabur’s Feroza is famous worldwide. Along with its transparent blue glow, its price also increases. It is believed that mines here have been active for more than seven hundred years. In the same way, Akiq, Hadid and Door-Najaf are found in Isfahan and Kum.
Online platforms will also get Firoza of Neshabur, which can range from $ 10 to $ 3000 per carat. Due to blue color like sea water, Iranian women also wear firoza jewelry with fervor. At the same time, red-yellow-brown colored akiq was special among religious gurus. Although Quartz comes from Iraq, there is a lot of demand in Iran.
Even today, many traditional mandis of the country have retail sales of these stones, where artisans themselves sit stones and people choose what kind of designs, stones and metals they need. They are worn like a security shield even on marriage opportunities.
There are many stories about the famous gemstones in both common and particular sections in Iran for spiritual reasons. Among them, the incident related to Kasim Sulemani, Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, is often heard. Sulemani, who is counted among the closest people of Khamenei, threatened Iran from Syria, Iraq, Lebanon to Yemen. There were also many enemies of Sulemani, who were considered a hero in the Shia community.
In January 2020, Sulemani died in a drone attack on the vehicle at Baghdad Airport. This attack, allegedly at the behest of the US government, was so tremendous that the bodies were badly burnt, so much that their identity was also difficult. Then a silver ring was seen in one hand, in which the red akiq was held. Sulemani was seen with this ring many times on public occasions.
Many international media groups ranging from CNN spoke on this ring. The same stone -herb ring could identify them, after which the Iranian media released a photo in which the ring hand was lying in the rubble. After this, a lot of people were heard wearing the same ring in memory of Sulemani.