Hassan Khomeini

Hassan Khomeini
Native name سيد حسن خمينی
Born 3 December 1972
Qom, Iran
Religion Shia Islam
Spouse(s) Neda Bojnourdi
Children Ahmad
Narges
Fereshteh
Parent(s) Ahmad Khomeini
Fatemeh Tabatabai
Signature
Website
Official website

Hassan Khomeini (born 3 December 1972, Persian: سيد حسن خمينی) is a "mid-ranking" Iranian cleric.[1] Of Khomeini's 15 grandchildren he has been called "the most prominent"[2] and the one "who many think could have a promising political future."[1][3]

Early life

Hassan Khomeini is the grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini.[4] He is the son of Ahmad Khomeini and Fatemeh Tabatabai.[5] he has 4 children.[6]

Career

Hassan Khomeini became a cleric in 1993.[3] He was appointed caretaker of the Mausoleum of Khomeini in 1995 where his grandfather and father are buried,[2][3] and has had official meetings with officials such as Syrian President Bashar Assad and Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.[7] He is also teaching in the holy city of Qom, 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 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[1] In an interview in February 2008, Hassan 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 a BMW, backed rich politicians and was indifferent to the suffering of the poor."[1]

This was "the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic" that one of Khomeini's offspring was "publicly insulted," according to the Iranian daily newspaper Kargozaran.[2] Hassan met with reformers before the 2009 election[1] and met with defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi and "supported his call to cancel the election results."[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Grandchildren of the revolution. Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Roula Khalaf 4 March 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Khamenei vs. Khomeini" Ali Reza Eshraghi, 20 August 2009]. Retrieved 23 August 2009
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Helia Ighani; Garrett Nada (31 May 2013). "Khomeini's rebel grandchildren rock the vote". Asia Times Online. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Iranians blog on election crisis". BBC News. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 2012.
  5. ↑ Michael Rubin (17 March 2008). "Iran News Round Up". National Review Online. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  6. ↑ hasans childrens
  7. ↑ Hassan Khomeini Meets Bashar, Nasrallah. Retrieved 23-August-2009
  8. ↑ in the weekly magazine Shahrvand-e-Emrooz, quoted in "Khamenei vs. Khomeini" Ali Reza Eshraghi, 20 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009