Ahmad Khomeini; Cleric, Son of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
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Ahmad Khomeini, 50, son of Iran’s late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. A cleric and politician, the younger Khomeini lived for years in his father’s shadow but had been expected to seize power after the ayatollah’s death in 1989. Instead, he kept a low profile, apparently seeking to act as a powerbroker. In Tehran on Thursday six days after suffering a massive heart attack.
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