Saeed and Hamid Lahouti’s younger brother Vahid was a member of the Mojahedin e-Khalgh (MEK)—arrested in 1981, he died in custody under suspicious circumstances. Their father was cleric Hassan Lahouti Eshkevari, who was close to Khomeini and accompanied him back to homeland from France. He is seen standing behind Khomeini in the famous picture of the Ayatollah disembarking the plane that brought him to capital.