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Hassan Khomeini | |
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| Born | (1972-07-23)23 July 1972 (age 52) |
| Spouse | Neda Bojnourdi |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Ahmad Khomeini Fatemeh Tabatabai |
| Website | Official website |
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SayyidHassan Khomeini (Persian:سيد حسن خمينی; born 23 July 1972) is an Iranian cleric.[1] He has been called "the most prominent" grandchild ofRuhollah Khomeini, who had 15 grandchildren in total,[2] and the one "who many think could have a promising political future".[1][3]
Hassan Khomeini is a grandson of the founder of theIslamic Republic of Iran,Ruhollah Khomeini.[4] He is the son ofAhmad Khomeini and Fatemeh Tabatabai.[5] He has four children.[6]
Hassan Khomeini became a cleric in 1993.[3] He was appointed caretaker of theMausoleum of Khomeini in 1995 where his grandfather and father are buried,[2][3] and has had official meetings with officials such asSyrian PresidentBashar al-Assad andHezbollah Secretary-GeneralHassan Nasrallah.[7] He also teaches in the holy city ofQom, and has published his first book on Islamic sects.
He has been described as having "expressed frustration with some policies of a regime dominated by fundamentalists", such as former PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad.[1] In an interview in February 2008, Khomeini spoke out against military interference in politics.[8] Soon after, in what some observers believe may have been retaliation,[1][2] an article in a publication tied to President Ahmadinejad accused him of corruption,[2] "claiming that he drove aBMW, backed rich politicians and was indifferent to the suffering of the poor".[1]
This was "the first time in the history of theIslamic Republic" that one of Khomeini's offspring was "publicly insulted", according to the Iranian daily newspaperKargozaran.[2] Khomeini met with reformers before the2009 election[1] and met with defeated presidential candidateMir-Hossein Mousavi and "supported his call to cancel the election results".[2]
On 9 December 2015, he announced that he would enter politics and run for theAssembly of Experts in the2016 election.[9][10] His nomination was rejected by theGuardian Council on 10 February 2016.[11]
In June 2020, Iranian media speculated that he would be a presidential candidate in the2021 election,[11] although he declined to stand on the advice ofSupreme LeaderAli Khamenei.[citation needed]
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