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Hassan Khomeini

A man walks past a motorist on a motorcycle near a banner displayed at Valiasr Square in central Tehran on March 10, 2026, depicting Iran's late supreme leader ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) watching as his successor the late ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) hands over a national flag to his son and new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei (R). (AFP)
March 25, 2026, 6:08 pm
Iran’s regime was teetering. This war could be keeping it from collapse
Rather than accelerate a change of leadership, Israeli and US strikes may have helped harden the resolve of those whose defection would be key to bringing down the Islamic Republic, experts say
By Nava Freiberg
Illustrative: An Iran Air Boeing 747 passenger plane sitting on the tarmac of the domestic Mehrabad airport in the Iranian capital Tehran, January 15, 2013. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)
June 19, 2016, 4:10 pm
Iran reaches deal to purchase 100 Boeing planes
US government still needs to approve $17 billion contract to update Iranian passenger jet fleet
By AFP
Hassan Khomeini (R), grandson of the Islamic Republic of Iran's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, registers his candidacy for the Assembly of Experts elections at the interior ministry in Tehran on December 18, 2015. (AFP Photo/STR)
June 6, 2016, 9:44 am
Khomeini’s grandson raps Iran’s clampdown on free speech
In TV interview, Hassan Khomeini says Islam bans trampling rights of others, Tehran a ‘laughingstock’ for repressing speech
By ToI Staff
Iranian men register before casting their vote at a polling station in Tehran on February 26, 2016 (AFP / ATTA KENARE)
February 26, 2016, 3:15 pm
What’s at stake? A primer on the Iranian vote
A look at the main issues surrounding the elections for parliament and the Assembly of Experts
By Adam Schreck
Hassan Khomeini, right, grandson of the Islamic Republic of Iran's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, registering his candidacy for the Assembly of Experts elections at the interior ministry in Tehran on December 18, 2015. (AFP/STR)
February 10, 2016, 11:29 am
Ban upheld on grandson of Iran regime’s founder
State media says Tehran’s Guardian Council won’t let Hassan Khomeini join clerical body that picks the supreme leader
By AP
Hassan Khomeini, right, grandson of the Islamic Republic of Iran's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, registering his candidacy for the Assembly of Experts elections at the interior ministry in Tehran on December 18, 2015. (AFP/STR)
January 26, 2016, 11:32 am
Khomeini grandson nixed from running in Iranian poll
Cleric Hassan Khomeini, known for having ties to reformists, kept off candidate list for powerful panel overseeing work of supreme leader
By AFP
Hassan Khomeini (R), grandson of the Islamic Republic of Iran's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, registers his candidacy for the Assembly of Experts elections at the interior ministry in Tehran on December 18, 2015. (AFP Photo/STR)
December 19, 2015, 10:06 am
With official nod, Khomeini’s grandson registers for electoral run
After receiving Khamenei’s conditional support, Hassan Khomeini launches bid for council that picks next supreme leader
By ToI Staff and AP
Hassan Khomeini casts his ballot in the 2013 Iranian elections. (CC BY-sayyed shahab-o-din vajedi via Wikimedia Commons)
December 18, 2015, 5:54 am
Khomeini’s grandson said to get supreme leader’s nod for election run
Hassan Khomeini plans to throw hat into ring in bid for council that selects Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s successor
By ToI Staff and AP
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