Iran: Khomeini grandson pulls out of presidential race

Issue 1124 - 25 Apr 2021 | 1 minute read

Hassan Khomeini, a grandson of the leader of the 1979 revolution the late Rahbar (Supreme Leader) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, is reported to have decided not to compete in the June presidential elections, after Rahbar Ayatollah Ali Khamenei asked him not to run.

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