Rafsanjani to Guardian Council: Who are you to judge?
Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has stirred controversy in Iran over his defense of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's grandson, who was disqualified to run in the elections.
Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the head of Iran’s Expediency Council and onetime close adviser to the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, has once again stirred up controversy in Iran with his recent comments in defense of Khomeini’s grandson, Seyyed Hassan Khomeini.
Hassan Khomeini, the most prominent living relative of Ayatollah Khomeini, was recently disqualified by the Guardian Council to run in the Assembly of Experts elections. The Assembly of Experts serves for eight years and is in charge of electing the supreme leader in Iran. Khomeini, who contends he never received the text message informing him to take the written exam, has decided to appeal the Guardian Council’s decision.
