Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei attended a ceremony on Friday afternoon in which dozens of schoolgirls celebrated reaching the age of observing religious duties.

Ayatollah Khamenei congratulated the schoolgirls on reaching the Taklif age and urged them to be serious about their studies and religious duties as they seek to become the successful and influential women of the future.
“Try to be one of the country's outstanding women. How? Study your lessons well, do your homework well, work, think, and read books so that, God willing, you may be one of the great women in the country in the future,” Ayatollah Khamenei said while addressing the convivial gathering of the schoolgirls.