Will Ayatollah Khomeini's grandson enter politics?
A grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran is in a unique position to influence politics, but his family name limits his involvement.
The Ansar-e Hezbollah vigilante group issued a warning on April 22 that if Hassan Khomeini, a grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, traveled to Golestan province to deliver a speech alongside a prominent political figure rumored to be running for the parliamentary elections in 2016, he would be physically attacked.
It was a rare attack on the grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the only other instance involving supporters of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shouting down Hassan Khomeini during a speech in 2010 commemorating the Iranian revolution.