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Ban upheld on grandson of Iran's Islamic Republic founder
Crucial election: In this April 12, 2015 file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, talks to Hassan Khomeini, grandson of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in a ceremony to commemorate the late Khadijeh Saghafi, wife of Ayatollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran
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Crucial election: In this April 12, 2015 file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, talks to Hassan Khomeini, grandson of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in a ceremony to commemorate the late Khadijeh Saghafi, wife of Ayatollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran. Hassan Khomeini has been barred from running for the Assembly of Experts election, his family said Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, as the country prepares for crucial elections next month. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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span class="inline inline-center">Crucial election: In this April 12, 2015 file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, talks to Hassan Khomeini, grandson of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in a ceremony to commemorate the late Khadijeh Saghafi, wife of Ayatollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran. Hassan Khomeini has been barred from running for the Assembly of Experts election, his family said Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, as the country prepares for crucial elections next month. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran's official news agency says that the country's constitutional watchdog has rejected an appeal by the grandson of the Islamic Republic's founder against his disqualification from running as a candidate for a top clerical body.
IRNA reported Wednesday that the Guardian Council upheld a ban preventing Hassan Khomeini from running for election to the Assembly of Experts, a body empowered to pick Iran's supreme leader.
The Assembly of Experts election will be held on Feb. 26, alongside parliamentary elections in which moderates hope to make gains.
The decision to bar Khomeini likely serves as pushback against anyone proposing changes to Iran's clerical leadership after the nuclear deal with world powers negotiated by moderate President Hassan Rouhani's administration. (ags)
