In a meeting with the chief and officials of the Judiciary on the occasion of the martyrdom anniversary of Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, the then head of the supreme court along with 72 top officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a terrorist bomb blast in 1981, the Leader paid tribute to Martyr Beheshti and recalled him as the personality who laid the foundation of modern Judiciary following the establishment of the Islamic Republic in Iran.

Referring to the conspiracy of the terrorist operation against the then top officials, the Leader said the conspiracy did not produce any result thanks to the faith and intimacy of the people with the Islamic Republic.

The bloods of martyr Ayatollah Beheshti and 72 top officials of the Islamic Republic served to strengthen the Islamic Republic and isolated the enemy of the Iranian nation, the supreme Leader said.

The Leader said the judiciary has special status in state affairs, because a healthy judiciary gradually brings to an end defects in the administration of the state.

The Judiciary is expected to stand against power mongers and stop the wealthy people from violating the rights of the public and strongly protect the rights of the people given the authority it enjoys in supervising the affairs and preventing crime.

The Leader said expectations of the Leadership of the Islamic Republic from the judiciary is different from that of the political groups adding that several political groups launch propaganda campaign against the judiciary to undermine the judiciary's authority and force the judiciary to yield to them.

"What the Leadership expects from the judiciary is to portray Islamic justice favorably and to follow the lead of Imam Ali (AS), the first Imam of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) infallible household in administering justice," the supreme Leader said.

Elsewhere in his address, the Leader said the Islamic Penal Code is very efficient and there is no need for the judiciary to follow the model of other countries in administering justice.

The Leader advised Judicial officials to work to win God's satisfaction, because true justice will bring God's satisfaction.

Prior to the Leader's speech, Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi spoke in memory of the martyrs of the terrorist bomb blast on the Islamic Republic Party headquarters in 1981 and delivered a report on the conference of judicial officials which studied the function of the judiciary in strengthening justice and security.