Views
Hossain Khomeini has denounced the Iranian government as the "dictatorship of clerics". In 2003 he declared Iran's reformist movement "finished", questioned the theocratic principle of velayat-e faqih, and "called for a referendum to decide how the country should be governed in the future." He has also advocated for a nonclassical interpretation of Islamic law applied in the country.
His mentor is thought to be Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri. However, Montazeri is against invasion of Iraq and has called for withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. In strong contrast to his grandfather's politics, Hossein Khomeini is a cleric who has spoken out against the Islamic Republic system. He is sympathetic to American neoconservatives, and has lectured at the American Enterprise Institute.
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