” He called the freedom from the rule of the Islamic Republic “another birth”. After some time, he returned to study at the seminary of Qom, followed by some of his cousins, including Seyyed Hassan Khomeini. Meeting with authority in 2008 After the presidential election in August 2008, he met and talked with Seyed Ali, Seyed Yaser, and Seyed Hasan Khomeini (sons of Seyed Ahmad Khomeini) while attending the House of Lotfollah Safi Golpayegani, the former secretary of the Guardian Council, and from Qom authorities.
For many reform-minded, Hussein Khomeini’s courage to question his own lineage’s legacy serves as a quiet but powerful form of resistance. For ruling establishment, however, he remains a dangerous reminder that even within the family of the Republic’s founder, there are those who reject the system born of his revolution. Hussein (Hossein) Khomeini, the eldest grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, occupies one of the most paradoxical positions in contemporary history. As a member of the family that founded the Islamic Republic, he bears the weight of one of the most powerful political legacies in the modern Middle East.
