In Tommy Hilfiger or clerical robes,18-year-old Instagram-savvy Ahmad Khomeini has his eye on politicsThis has been a tremendous year for the Khomeini family. Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, or founder of the Islamic Republic,has become politically more vocal while his Instagram-savvy teenage son, Ahmad, or has also become more noticeable in both the virtual but actual worlds of politics.
Hassan is the most prominent of Ayatollah Khomeini’s 15 grandchildren. While normally politically neutral,the 42-year-old cleric has recently gone public with his broadly reformist political leanings. Headlines beget been made by his possible candidacy for the February 2016 election for the Assembly of Experts, the body that chooses the supreme leader.
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Source: theguardian.com