Mostafa Khomeini

Mostafa Khomeini
Mostafa Khomeini
	Khomeini in the 1970s
Born	12 December 1930; Qom,Imperial State of Persia
Died	23 October 1977(aged 46); Najaf,Ba'athist Iraq
Resting place	Najaf
Nationality	Iranian
Alma mater	Qom Theological Center
Spouse	Masoumeh Haeri Yazdi (died 2024)
Children	2
Parents	Ruhollah Khomeini; Khadijeh Saqafi;

Sayyid Mostafa Khomeini(Persian:سید مصطفی خمینی;12 December 1930 – 23 October 1977) was an Iranian cleric and the eldest son ofAyatollah Khomeini.He died before theIranian Revolution.

Early life and education

Khomeini was born inQomon 12 December 1930.^[1]He was the eldest son of Ayatollah Khomeini andKhadijeh Saqafi,daughter of a respected cleric, Hajj Mirza Tehrani.^[2]

He graduated from the Qom Theological Center.^[1]

Activities

Mostafa Khomeini participated in his father's movement.^[1]He was arrested and imprisoned after the 1963 events and also, after his father's exile.^[3]On 3 January 1965, he joined his father inBursa,Turkey, where he was in exile.^[3]Then he lived with his family inNajaf,Iraq, from October 1965.^[1]^[4]There he had contacts with the Iraqi Shia activistHassan Shirazi.^[4]Mostafa and his brotherAhmadbecame part of Khomeini's underground movement.^[5]The group also includedMohammad BeheshtiandMorteza Motahhari.^[5]In 1970 Khomeini asked Hassan Shirazi who had been released from prison to go to Lebanon to find individual and institutional supporters.^[4]Shirazi carried out this activity in Lebanon until 1974.^[4]

Personal life and death

Khomeini married Masoumeh Haeri Yazdi, a daughter ofMorteza Haeri Yazdi.^[6]Khomeini died of a heart attack in Najaf on 23 October 1977.^[7]^[8]His father, Ayatollah Khomeini, did not attend the funeral.^[7]He was buried in Najaf within the shrine of Imam Ali.^[9]

His death has been regarded as suspicious by both the followers of Ayatollah Khomeini and common people of Iran due to his death being announced while he was in police custody and various reports thatSAVAKagents were present at the scene.^[10]Hence, his death was attributed to the Shah's secret police, SAVAK.^[7]^[8]His father later described Mostafa's death as a "martyrdom" and one of the "hidden favours" of God since it fueled the growing discontent with the Shah which finally produced Iranian Revolution just slightly over one year after Mostafa's death.^[10]^[11]Because memorial services for Mostafa Khomeini were organized in different cities of Iran which became nationwide protests against the Pahlavi rule.^[11]

References

^^a ^b ^c ^d"Biography and Struggles of Ayatollah Sayyid Mustafa Khomeini".Imam Khomeini.Retrieved9 August2013.
^Hamid Dabashi (1993).Theology of Discontent. The Ideological Foundation of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.New York:New York University Press.ISBN 978-1-4128-3972-3.
^^a ^bBaqer Moin(1999).Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah.London; New York:I.B. Tauris.p. 136.ISBN 978-1-85043-128-2.
^^a ^b ^c ^dArash Reisinezhad (2019).The Shah of Iran, the Iraqi Kurds, and the Lebanese Shia.Cham:Palgrave Macmillan.pp. 263–264.doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89947-3.ISBN 978-3-319-89947-3.S2CID 187523435.
^^a ^bAbbas William Samii (1997). "The Shah's Lebanon policy: the role of SAVAK".Middle Eastern Studies.33(1): 66–91.doi:10.1080/00263209708701142.
^Mehrzad Boroujerdi; Kourosh Rahimkhani (2018).Postrevolutionary Iran. A Political Handbook.Syracuse, NY:Syracuse University Press.p. 796.ISBN 978-0815635741.
^^a ^b ^cRay Takeyh(2021).The Last Shah. America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty.New Haven, CT; London:Yale University Press.p. 209.ISBN 978-0-3002-1779-7.
^^a ^bMichael Axworthy(2013).Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic.Oxford:Oxford University Press.p. 99.ISBN 978-0-19-932226-8.
^Ismail Zabeeh (4 January 2007)."Mustafa Khomeini's tomb reopens".Jafariya News.Retrieved9 August2013.
^^a ^bHamid Algar (2009)."A short biography".In Abdar Rahman Koya (ed.).Imam Khomeini: Life, Thought and Legacy.Kuala Lumpur: The Other Press. p. 41.ISBN 978-967-5062-25-4.
^^a ^bBehrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi(2016).Foucault in Iran: Islamic Revolution after the Enlightenment.Minneapolis, MN; London: University of Minnesota University Press. pp. 31–33.ISBN 978-0-8166-9949-0.

External links

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[imk-1] "Biography and Struggles of Ayatollah Sayyid Mustafa Khomeini".Imam Khomeini.Retrieved9 August2013.

[2] Hamid Dabashi (1993).Theology of Discontent. The Ideological Foundation of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.New York:New York University Press.ISBN 978-1-4128-3972-3.

[Moin1999-3] Baqer Moin(1999).Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah.London; New York:I.B. Tauris.p. 136.ISBN 978-1-85043-128-2.

[aras-4] Arash Reisinezhad (2019).The Shah of Iran, the Iraqi Kurds, and the Lebanese Shia.Cham:Palgrave Macmillan.pp. 263–264.doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89947-3.ISBN 978-3-319-89947-3.S2CID 187523435.

[abaw-5] Abbas William Samii (1997). "The Shah's Lebanon policy: the role of SAVAK".Middle Eastern Studies.33(1): 66–91.doi:10.1080/00263209708701142.

[6] Mehrzad Boroujerdi; Kourosh Rahimkhani (2018).Postrevolutionary Iran. A Political Handbook.Syracuse, NY:Syracuse University Press.p. 796.ISBN 978-0815635741.

[ray-7] Ray Takeyh(2021).The Last Shah. America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty.New Haven, CT; London:Yale University Press.p. 209.ISBN 978-0-3002-1779-7.

[Axw2013-8] Michael Axworthy(2013).Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic.Oxford:Oxford University Press.p. 99.ISBN 978-0-19-932226-8.

[9] Ismail Zabeeh (4 January 2007)."Mustafa Khomeini's tomb reopens".Jafariya News.Retrieved9 August2013.

[ark-10] Hamid Algar (2009)."A short biography".In Abdar Rahman Koya (ed.).Imam Khomeini: Life, Thought and Legacy.Kuala Lumpur: The Other Press. p. 41.ISBN 978-967-5062-25-4.

[bgt16-11] Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi(2016).Foucault in Iran: Islamic Revolution after the Enlightenment.Minneapolis, MN; London: University of Minnesota University Press. pp. 31–33.ISBN 978-0-8166-9949-0.

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Politics	1963 demonstrations in Iran Life in exile 1978 Qom protest 1978 Tabriz protests Neauphle-le-Château Return to Iran Iranian revolution Aftermath of the Iranian revolution Cultural Revolution Supreme Council Council of the Islamic Revolution Islamic Revolutionary Court Interim Government 1979 Referendum Engagement with Jimmy Carter Iranian revolution conspiracy theory America can't do a damn thing against us Supreme Leader of Iran Iran–Iraq War Israeli support Satanic Verses controversy
Positions	American Islam Anti-Zionism Shiite clericalism Death to America Great Satan Little Satan Sex segregation compulsory hijab Islamic democracy Imam's Line Letter to Gorbachev Khomeini's 8-article command
Books	Islamic Government: Governance of the Jurist (Velayat-e faqih) Tahrir al-Wasilah Kashf al-Asrar Forty Hadith of Ruhullah Khomeini Islam and Revolution The Greatest Jihad
Family	Khadijeh Saqafi(wife) Mostafa Khomeini(son) Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini(daughter) Farideh Mostafavi Khomeini(daughter) Ahmad Khomeini(son) Hussein Khomeini(grandson) Hassan Khomeini(grandson) Zahra Eshraghi(granddaughter) Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi(grandfather)
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