Khomeini family

The Khomeini family is the Iranian religious family of Ruhollah Khomeini, who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from the Iranian Revolution of 1979 until his death in 1989. Other than Khomeini himself, the family were largely politically inactive during his lifetime. Khomeini advised his family members not to enter politics during his lifetime, and, following his death, the family held minimal political influence, despite the efforts of some descendants to enter politics. They were succeeded by the Khamenei family following the election of Ali Khamenei as supreme leader.

The Khomeini family migrated from Nishapur (in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran), to Kintoor (in present-day Barabanki district, Awadh region, Uttar Pradesh, India) in the 18th century, and then resettled back in Iran in Khomeyn (in the Central District of Khomeyn County, Markazi province, Iran) in the early 19th century. They claim descent from the seventh Shiite Imam, Musa al-Kazim, and hence are a Musawi family.