Hassan Khomeini

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Hassan Mostafavi Khomeini (born 23 July 1972) is an Iranian politician and cleric who has served as the custodian of the Mausoleum of Khomeini since 1995. A member of the Khomeini family, he is the grandson of the first Iranian supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini. According to The New York Times, Hassan Khomeini was one of the potential and likely candidates in the 2026 supreme leader election following Ali Khamenei's assassination. However, Khamenei's son, Mojtaba Khamenei was elected his father's successor. Khomeini has held relatively moderate and reformist views in contrast to the hardline principalist views held by his grandfather. As such, he has been at odds with the Iranian clerical establishment, especially the Guardian Council, and sidelined from mainstream politics.

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