The Story of the Death of Ahmad Khomeini
Amin was a father, and after the death of his older brother, he became an advisor and the closest person to the leader of the Iranian Revolution. Perhaps this proximity and influence after the victory of the revolution caused individuals and factions, who during Ayatollah Khomeini’s life had grievances and perhaps animosity towards him due to political differences, to wait until his father, his greatest supporter, passed away to take their revenge.
Even positions such as membership in the Expediency Discernment Council of the System never appealed to him. He was the master key to reaching Ayatollah Khomeini, and sometimes some individuals attributed major decisions, like the dismissal of Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri from the position of deputy leadership, to his decision-making and that of his political associates. After his father’s death, he found himself completely marginalized and ineffective.
There were rumors of his interest in succeeding his father at that time and even in the years after, but his fortune’s star suddenly declined after Ayatollah Khomeini, causing him to quickly descend from the ladder of power.
The Fall of the Fountain of Power
These days, the debate over how and why the late Seyed Ahmad Khomeini died is very heated in the virtual space. However, reviewing the last days of the late Seyed Ahmad’s political life, what remains in people’s minds are his sharp and sometimes biting criticisms of the government and even the leadership, which can be noted in his speeches.
One of these speeches was among the people of Semnan, where Seyed Ahmad Khomeini expressed his disappointment with the current situation and was worried about the future of the system, believing the current state was far from the ideals of the Imam and the revolution. As mentioned in Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani’s memoirs, Seyed Ahmad spent the final years of his life in self-imposed isolation. Shortly after these stances and days, he died suddenly and without any specific illness history.
This sudden and perhaps somewhat suspicious death led to numerous speculations and rumors. Statements by some former security-judicial officials regarding Seyed Ahmad Khomeini’s death and linking it to the chain murders case was one of the most feedback-generating speculations. However, independently proving and confirming these statements is impossible.
But now that Hossein Dehbashi’s tweet, a historian, has reopened the case of this suspicious death in public opinion, it is better to analyze and examine other options to reach the truth.
The Theory of Ahmad Khomeini’s Death
He was dissatisfied with the situation in the country and frequently visited the house of the late Ayatollah Montazeri, consoling him for the injustice done to him. Four days before his death, he had published harsh words in the Omid weekly.
In part of his interrogations, Saeed Emami says that when the order to eliminate Ahmad Khomeini was conveyed to me by Fallahian, I became anxious. It was said in a gathering where Mesbah Yazdi, Mohseni Ejei, Badamchian, and Khoshvaght from the leader’s household were present that no mercy should be shown to those hostile to the leader of Muslims.
Ahmad Khomeini was the second son of Ayatollah Khomeini. In the years before and after the revolution, he played an important role in organizing his father’s relations with officials. Mohtashami says in this regard that Haj Ahmad Agha, just as he had direct contact with political groups and anti-Shah armed groups inside Iran, also established connections with Lebanese fighters. Initially, Haj Ahmad Agha’s relationship was specifically and focused on Mr. Musa Sadr, the head of the Lebanese Shia Parliament, and the Amal Movement under the command of Dr. Chamran. He died at the age of 49. The exact cause of Ahmad Khomeini’s death has not yet been determined.
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