Khomeini's son says aide of his father will take over

April 29, 1982

Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri, a Muslim fundamentalist clergyman, will lead Iran's Islamic revolution after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini's son, Hojatolislam Ahmad Khomeini, said.

Ahmad Khomeini told a Tehran newspaper that Ayatollah Montazeri's struggle against the late shah and his religious status made him a distinguished theologian, who ''will undoubtedly have the future leadership of the revolution.''