Khomeini () is an

Iranian Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...

name, derived from the Iranian city of

Khomeyn Khomeyn () is a city in the Central District of Khomeyn County, Markazi province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. History The name of Khomein was first mentioned in a book named '' The History of Prophets and ...

. The name is strongly associated with Iranian Islamic revolutionary

Ruhollah Khomeini Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 or 24 September 19023 June 1989) was an Iranian revolutionary, politician, political theorist, and religious leader. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the main leader of the Iranian ...

. Notable people named Khomeini include: *

Khomeini family The Khomeini family (, ), also transliterated as Khomeyni, is an Iranian religious Shia family that migrated from Nishapur, to Awadh in the 18th-century, and then finally settling in Khomeyn in the early 19th-century.Ahmad Khomeini Sayyid Ahmad Khomeini (;‎ 14 March 1946 – 17 March 1995) was the younger son of 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 R ...

, son of Ruhollah Khomeini *

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

, son of Ruhollah Khomeini *

Hussein Khomeini Hojatoleslam Sayyid Hussein Khomeini (in ) (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, Masoumeh Haeri Yazdi, da ...

, grandson of Ruhollah Khomeini *

Hassan Khomeini Sayyid Hassan Khomeini (; 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 promising political future".< ...

, grandson of Ruhollah Khomeini, son of Ahmad Khomeini

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