The great-grandson of the famously ascetic leader of Iran's 1979 revolution*, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, has been forced to defend his seemingly lavish lifestyle. Ahmad Khomeini was responding to ...

Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 Ahmad Khomeini, grandson of the Ayatollah Rohallah Khomeini who ushered in Iran’s current ...

As Iran’s fractious politi­cal elites prepare for the February 25, 2016, elec­tions for parliament and the Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that selects the country's Supreme Leader, there is ...

The ayatollah was Khomeini’s former student and disciple, and was also known to be in close touch with Ahmad Khomeini. His pivotal role in securing Ayatollah Khomeini’s consent is asserted by Habib ...

TEHRAN, Iran – The great-grandson of the founder of Iran's Islamic Republic says his father has been barred from running for a top clerical body. Ahmad Khomeini, the son of Hassan Khomeini, made the ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The grandson of the founder of Iran’s Islamic Republic has been barred from running for a top clerical body, his family said Tuesday, as the country prepares for crucial elections ...