Khomein ( fa, خمين, also

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d as Khowmeyn) is a city and capital of Khomeyn County, Markazi Province,

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. At the 2015 census, its population was 76,706 in 17,399 families. Khomein is located to the south of the province, in a fertile plain, about from Qom and from

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. The climate of Khomeyn is a moderate mountainous inclining to a semi-desert one. Winters are cold and summers are moderate. The name of Khomein was primarily mentioned in a book named '' The History of Prophets and Kings''. Subterranean canals (

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s), sewers and its famous fire-temple can be named as some pre-Islamic relics. This town was called the center of Kamareh 200 years ago. The house where former supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the

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, was born is located in Khomein, and was made into a museum. On 18 November 2022 during the

Mahsa Amini protests Civil unrest and protests against the government of Iran associated with the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini ( fa, مهسا امینی) began on 16 September 2022 and are ongoing as of December 2022. Amini had been arrested by the Guida ...

, the house was set on fire.

Khomeini house

A family house in Khomeyn was the birthplace of former supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the

. Birth certificates show that he was born on 24 September 1902 as the anniversary of the Prophet

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

's daughter

Fatimah Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ( ar, فَاطِمَة ٱبْنَت مُحَمَّد}, 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, ...

, but his actual birth date was 17 May 1900. The house became a historical monument and museum. The house was set on fire on 17 November 2022 during the

; and days after the death of Kian Pirfalak, an Iranian child killed during the Izeh Bazaar Massacre. Online social media showed a crowd cheering as flames were seen emerging from the house. ''

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'' denied that a fire had occurred and stated that the house was "open to the public". Ruhollah Khomeini birthplace in Khomein city 03

References

Populated places in Khomeyn County Cities in Markazi Province Ruhollah Khomeini {{Khomeyn-geo-stub

Khomeini house

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