Mostafa Khomeini

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Mostafa Khomeini
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Born12 December 1930
Qom, Persia
Died23 October 1977(1977-10-23) (aged 46)
Najaf, Iraq
Resting placeNajaf
NationalityIranian
Parent(s)Ruhollah Khomeini
Khadijeh Saqafi

Mostafa Khomeini (12 December 1930 – 23 October 1977) was an Iranian cleric and the son of Ayatollah Khomeini. He died before the Iranian Revolution.

Early life and education[]

Khomeini was born in Qom on 12 December 1930.[1] He was the eldest son of Ayatollah Khomeini and Khadijeh Saqafi, daughter of a respected cleric, Hajj Mirza Tehrani.[2]

He graduated from the Qom Theological Center.[1]

Activities[]

Khomeini participated in his father's movement.[1] He was arrested and imprisoned after the 1963 events and also, after his father's exile.[3] On 3 January 1965, he joined his father in Bursa, Turkey, where he was in exile.[3] Then he lived with his family in Najaf, Iraq.[1] He and his brother Ahmad became part of Khomeini's underground movement in Najaf.[4] The group also included Mohammad Hussein Behesti and Morteza Motahhari.[4]

Death[]

Khomeini died of a heart attack in Najaf on 23 October 1977.[5][6] His father, Ayatollah Khomeini, did not attend the funeral.[5] He was buried in Najaf within the shrine of Imam Ali.[7]

His death has been regarded as suspicious by both the followers of Ayatollah Khomeini and common people of Iran due to his death being announced while he was in police custody and various reports that SAVAK agents were present at the scene.[8] Hence, his death was attributed to the Shah's secret police, SAVAK.[5][6] His father later described Mostafa's death as "martyrdom" and one of the "hidden favours" of God since it fueled the growing discontent with the Shah which finally produced Iranian Revolution just slightly over one year after Mostafa's death.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Biography and Struggles of Ayatollah Sayyid Mustafa Khomeini". Imam Khomeini. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  2. ^ H. Dabashi (1993). Theology of discont (PDF). New York: New York University Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Baqer Moin (1999). Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah. I.B.Tauris. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-85043-128-2.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Abbas William Samii (1997). "The Shah's Lebanon policy: the role of SAVAK". Middle Eastern Studies. 33 (1): 66–91. doi:10.1080/00263209708701142.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ray Takeyh (2021). The Last Shah. America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 209. doi:10.12987/9780300256260 (inactive 24 August 2021). ISBN 978-0-3002-1779-7.CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2021 (link)
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Michael Axworthy (1 September 2013). Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic. Oxford University Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-19-932226-8.
  7. ^ Ismail Zabeeh (4 January 2007). "Mustafa Khomeini's tomb reopens". Jafariya News. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Abdar Rahman Koya (2009). Imam Khomeini: Life, Thought and Legacy. The Other Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-967-5062-25-4.

External link[]

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