Khomeini is an Iranian name, derived from the Iranian city of

Khomein Khomein ( fa, خمين, also Romanized as Khowmeyn) is a city and capital of Khomeyn County, Markazi Province, Iran. 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 ...

. The most prominent Khomeini is Ruhollah Khomeini. Notable people named Khomeini include: * Ruhollah Khomeini, former

Supreme Leader of Iran The Supreme Leader of Iran ( fa, رهبر ایران, rahbar-e irān) is the head of state of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Supreme Leader directs the executive system and judicial system of the Islamic theocratic government and is the c ...

Ahmad Khomeini Sayyid Ahmad Khomeini ( fa, سید احمد خمینی;‎ 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 I ...

, son of Ruhollah Khomeini *

Mostafa Khomeini Mostafa Khomeini ( fa, مصطفی خمینی ; 12 December 1930 – 23 October 1977) was an Iranian cleric and the eldest son of Ayatollah Khomeini. He died before the Iranian Revolution. Early life and education Khomeini was born in Qom on ...

, son of Ruhollah Khomeini *

Hussein Khomeini Hojatoleslam Sayyid Hussein Khomeini (in fa, حسین خمینی) (born 1959) is an Iranian scholar and reformist cleric. He is the grandson of Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the son of Ruhollah's first son, Mostafa Khomeini, and his wife, ...

, grandson of Ruhollah Khomeini *

Hassan Khomeini Sayyid Hassan Khomeini ( fa, سيد حسن خمينی; born 23 July 1972) is an Iranian cleric. He has been called "the most prominent" grandchild of Ruhollah Khomeini, who had 15 grandchildren in total, and the one "who many think could have a ...

, grandson of Ruhollah Khomeini, son of Ahmad Khomeini

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