Hamid Reza Taraghi, vice-general secretary of the Islamic Coalition Party of Iran, said:

Kim Jong Il was a great thinker and great statesman who performed great feats in the history of the Korean nation and the history of world politics.

He turned the DPRK into a political and ideological power and a military power with his rare wisdom and energetic Songun leadership and thus reliably protected the sovereignty of the country and made undying contributions to the human cause of independence.

The great feats he performed in the struggle against the U.S.-led imperialist allied forces will always be remembered by all the countries and nations desirous of independence.

Ibrahim Mantu, member of the Credit Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Nigeria, said:

Not only the Korean people but also all other world progressives are paying highest tribute to Kim Jong Il, looking back on his great career and undying feats with deep emotion.

He was a peerlessly brilliant commander who frustrated the imperialists' moves to stifle the DPRK and turned it into a satellite manufacturer and launcher and nuclear weapons state.

He is always remembered as the sun by the Korean people and all other world progressives for the undying feats he performed in the socialist cause and the cause of independence against imperialism.