Ahmad Khomeini-He 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 Shia 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 Iranian Revolution, in Khomeini's office in Paris and subsequent to the ayatollah's return to Iran in February 1979. He served as his father's chief of staff until his father's death in 1989. He then became the overseer of the Mausoleum of Khomeini and was later named to the Supreme National Security Council. Khomeini reportedly died of a heart attack in 1995 at the age of 49 due to the grief of the death of his father. Ahmad Khomeini is entombed next to his father in a grand shrine south of Tehran, where his son, Hassan Khomeini, is the superintendent.
Ahmad Khomeini-He 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 Shia 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 Iranian Revolution, in Khomeini's office in Paris and subsequent to the ayatollah's return to Iran in February 1979. He served as his father's chief of staff until his father's death in 1989. He then became the overseer of the Mausoleum of Khomeini and was later named to the Supreme National Security Council. Khomeini reportedly died of a heart attack in 1995 at the age of 49 due to the grief of the death of his father. Ahmad Khomeini is entombed next to his father in a grand shrine south of Tehran, where his son, Hassan Khomeini, is the superintendent.
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