Hassan Khomeini
{{Short description|Iranian cleric (born 1972)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Sayyid
| name = Hassan Khomeini
| image = Hassan_Khomeini - 27 May 2018.jpg
| caption = Khomeini in 2018
| native_name = حسن خمينی
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|7|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Qom, Imperial State of Iran
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| spouse = Neda Bojnourdi
| children = 4
| parents = Ahmad Khomeini
Fatemeh Tabatabai
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| signature = Sayyed Hassan Khomeini signature.png
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| website = [http://www.hasankhomeini.ir Official website]
}}
Sayyid Hassan Khomeini ({{langx|fa|سيد حسن خمينی}}; born 23 July 1972) is an Iranian cleric. He has been called "the most prominent" grandchild of Ruhollah Khomeini, who had 15 grandchildren in total, and the one "who many think could have a promising political future".[http://www.ftd.de/karriere_management/business_english/:Business-English-Grandchildren-of-the-revolution/481985.html Grandchildren of the revolution. Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Roula Khalaf 4 March 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505165822/http://www.ftd.de/karriere_management/business_english/:Business-English-Grandchildren-of-the-revolution/481985.html |date=5 May 2009 }}. Retrieved 23 August 2009{{cite web|title=Khomeini's rebel grandchildren rock the vote|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-01-310513.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531171756/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-01-310513.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=31 May 2013|work=Asia Times|access-date=5 October 2013|author=Helia Ighani|author2=Garrett Nada|date=31 May 2013}}
Early life
File:خمینی و نوهها.JPG and father Ahmad. His cousin Ali Eshraghi is on the left side]]
Hassan Khomeini is a grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8103934.stm|title=Iranians blog on election crisis|publisher=BBC News|date=17 June 2009|access-date=4 November 2012|archive-date=5 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205002346/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8103934.stm|url-status=live}} He is the son of Ahmad Khomeini and Fatemeh Tabatabai.{{cite news|title=Iran News Round Up|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/160453/iran-news-round/michael-rubin|access-date=6 October 2013|work=National Review Online|date=17 March 2008|author=Michael Rubin|archive-date=12 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012060017/http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/160453/iran-news-round/michael-rubin|url-status=live}} He has four children.{{Cite web |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fa&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=fa&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.saat24.com%2Ffa%2Fdoc%2Fnews%2F49659%2F%25D8%25B9%25DA%25A9%25D8%25B3-%25D8%25AF%25DB%258C%25D8%25AF%25D9%2587-%25D9%2586%25D8%25B4%25D8%25AF%25D9%2587-%25D8%25B3%25DB%258C%25D8%25AF-%25D8%25AD%25D8%25B3%25D9%2586-%25DA%25A9%25D9%2586%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B1-%25D9%25BE%25D8%25AF%25D8%25B1&edit-text= |title=Hassan's children |access-date=23 February 2015 |archive-date=21 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121064348/https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fa&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=fa&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.saat24.com%2Ffa%2Fdoc%2Fnews%2F49659%2F%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3-%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86-%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%BE%D8%AF%D8%B1&edit-text= |url-status=live }}
Career
Hassan Khomeini became a cleric in 1993. He was appointed caretaker of the Mausoleum of Khomeini in 1995 where his grandfather and father are buried,Ali Reza Eshraghi. (20 August 2009). [http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=4e1625b7-77b2-4e48-b912-55838bd983d3 Khamenei vs. Khomeini] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821124453/http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=4e1625b7-77b2-4e48-b912-55838bd983d3 |date=21 August 2009 }} Retrieved 23 August 2009 and has had official meetings with officials such as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.[http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2600/html/national.htm Hassan Khomeini Meets Bashar, Nasrallah] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018072350/http://iran-daily.com/1385/2600/html/national.htm |date=18 October 2007 }}. Iran Daily, Retrieved 23-August-2009 He also teaches in the holy city of Qom, and has published his first book on Islamic sects.
File:Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Hassan Khomeini.jpg]]
He has been described as having "expressed frustration with some policies of a regime dominated by fundamentalists", such as former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In an interview in February 2008, Khomeini spoke out against military interference in politics.in the weekly magazine Shahrvand-e-Emrooz, quoted in [http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=4e1625b7-77b2-4e48-b912-55838bd983d3 "Khamenei vs. Khomeini" Ali Reza Eshraghi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821124453/http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=4e1625b7-77b2-4e48-b912-55838bd983d3 |date=21 August 2009 }}, 20 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009 Soon after, in what some observers believe may have been retaliation, an article in a publication tied to President Ahmadinejad accused him of corruption, "claiming that he drove a BMW, backed rich politicians and was indifferent to the suffering of the poor".
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. Khomeini met with reformers before the 2009 election and met with defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi and "supported his call to cancel the election results".
On 9 December 2015, he announced that he would enter politics and run for the Assembly of Experts in the 2016 election.{{Cite web |url=https://next.ft.com/content/05b3267a-9f20-11e5-8613-08e211ea5317 |title=Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s grandson to enter Iran politics |access-date=11 December 2015 |archive-date=28 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628140429/https://next.ft.com/content/05b3267a-9f20-11e5-8613-08e211ea5317 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2015/sep/17/hassan-khomeini-signals-ready-enter-politics |title=Assembly election heats up as Ayatollah Khomeini’s grandson indicates he will stand |access-date=17 December 2016 |archive-date=13 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113084840/https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2015/sep/17/hassan-khomeini-signals-ready-enter-politics |url-status=live }} His nomination was rejected by the Guardian Council on 10 February 2016.{{cite news|author1=Maryam Sinaiee|title=Khomeini's Grandson Possible Presidential Candidate?|url=https://en.radiofarda.com/a/khomeini-grandson-possible-iran-presidential-candidate-/30667606.html|access-date=12 February 2021|work=Radio Farda|date=12 June 2020|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127205554/https://en.radiofarda.com/a/khomeini-grandson-possible-iran-presidential-candidate-/30667606.html|url-status=live}}
In June 2020, Iranian media speculated that he would be a presidential candidate in the 2021 election, although he declined to stand on the advice of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}
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