Hojatoleslam Sayyid Hussein Khomeini (in Persian: حسین خمینی)(born 1958~) is an Iranian scholar and reformist cleric.
He is the grandson of Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the son of Ruhollah's first son, Mostafa Khomeini. He has been a controversial figure in Iran for calling for the overthrow of the Islamic regime in Iran.
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