Ahmad Khomeini

Sayyid Ahmad Khomeini (;‎ 14 March 1946 – 17 March 1995) was the younger son of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and father of Hassan Khomeini. He was the "right-hand" of his father before, during and after the Iranian Revolution. He was a link between Ruhollah Khomeini and officials and people. He had several decision-making positions. He died of heart disease and was buried next to his father. Early life and education Ahmad Khomeini was born in Qom on 15 March 1946 (although several sources have given his birth year as 1945), where he did his primary and secondary education in Owhadi and Hakin Nezami school, respectively and then started seminary studies and accomplished primary and secondary hawza courses. He secretly joined his father, Ruhollah Khomeini, after his father was exiled to Najaf. Career and activities Ahmad was regarded as Khomeini's "right-hand man", the "torch-bearer for his father's anti-Western radicalism" and 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 Najaf, Paris and subsequent to the ayatollah's return to Iran in February 1979. Ahmad participated in the trials of the Shah's army officers and politicians by the Islamic Revolutionary Court. In one case he said Nader Jahanbani, who had been deputy chief of the Imperial Air Force that he was a foreigner. Jahanbani replied: "No, all my ancestors were Iranians." Ahmad visited the deprived areas to learn their shortages and reported his findings to Imam Khomeini. His letters containing the issues he had encountered is available. He was among the officials went through Fatah training.