Ahmad Khomeini
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Ahmad Khomeini
| Ahmad Khomeini | |
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| Born | 1945 Qom, Iran |
| Died | March 17, 1995 Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Iran |
| Known for | Son of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini |
| Religion | Islam |
Ahmad Khomeini (1945, Qom - March 17, 1995, Tehran), was the younger son of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. His wife is Fatemeh Soltani Tabatabai, daughter of Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Bagher Soltani Tabatabai Borujerdi, niece of Imam Musa Sadr, the Shī‘ah religious leader of Lebanon and brother of Sadegh Tabatabai.
Ahmad Khomeini was close to his father, the leader of the Iranian revolution of 1979. He helped coordinate affairs during and after the Islamic Revolution, in Khomeini's office in Paris and subsequent to the ayatollah's return to Iran in February 1979.[1] He served as his father's chief of staff until his father's death in 1989. Upon failing to succeed his father as the country's leader in a power struggle with Hashemi Rafsanjani, he became the overseer of the Mausoleum of Khomeini and was later named to the Supreme National Security Council.[2]
Khomeini reportedly died of a heart attack in 1995 at the age of 49.[2] However, there have long been rumors that his death was not due to natural causes, and that its occurrence one month after a blunt speech criticizing the regime was not a coincidence.[3] A month after his death rioters accused Rasfanjani of being behind Khomeini's death, and rumors spread that he died of cyanide poisoning.[4] According to one-time Ansar-e Hezbollah member Amir Farshad Ebrahimi[citation needed], intelligence operative Saeed Emami confessed that Ahmad Khomeini was eliminated by a group of highly-placed officials who decided that Khomeini's enmity towards one-time ally Ali Khamenei put him beyond the pale of mercy. These men included former Intelligence Ministers Gholamhosein Mohseni-Ejeh'i (2005-2009) and Ali Fallahian (1989-1997), Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, and Asadollah Badamchian.
Ahmad Khomeini is entombed next to his father in a grand shrine south of Tehran, where his son, Hassan Khomeini, is the superintendent.
References
- ^ Sayyed Ahmad Khomeini, IRIB.
- ^ a b Ahmed Khomeini Is Dead; Son of Ayatollah Khomeini
- ^ The New Republic "Khamenei vs. Khomeini" by Ali Reza Eshraghi, August 20, 2009, accessed 20-August-2009
- ^ Love the revolution, shame about reality
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