World & Nation
Ahmad Khomeini, 50, son of Iran’s late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
March 18, 1995
Iran’s supreme leader, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, defended his Islamic government against accusations of human rights abuses.
Feb. 4, 1985
Iran’s supreme leader, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, has declared that free social expression is the best way to settle disputes.
Nov. 9, 1988
Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini accused President Ali Khamenei of misinterpreting his views and trying to go too far in limiting the power of an Islamic government.
Jan. 8, 1988
The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called on members of Iran’s Parliament to smooth over their differences and rally behind the government of Prime Minister Hussein Moussavi “to avoid a failure for Islam.”
Oct. 17, 1985
Iran’s supreme leader, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, said that “voices of hypocrisy” are trying to lure young Iranians into opposing the war against Iraq.
April 19, 1985
Followers of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini have arrested aides and relatives of the clergyman named to succeed him as Iran’s leader, according to the country’s main opposition group, the Moujahedeen.
Oct. 24, 1986
Iran’s supreme leader, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, has dissolved the ruling Islamic Republican Party, the Tehran newspaper Kayhan reported.
June 3, 1987
Iran should be governed by a three-member advisory board chaired by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s son, Ahmed, an editorial in a government-run newspaper said.
June 25, 1989
Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been confirmed as the Islamic spiritual successor to the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who was the nation’s supreme leader, the official Islamic Republic New Agency reported.
Aug. 7, 1989