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Khomeini's grandson quits Iran race after slurs: report
0 Comments | AFP, March, 2008
TEHRAN (AFP) — A grandson of Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has withdrawn from next week's parliamentary polls amid a smear campaign, the press reported on Sunday.
Ali Eshraghi had withdrawn from the March 14 elections after "rumours" about his life appeared on Internet sites, his sister Zahra Eshraghi was quoted as saying in the Sarmayeh newspaper.
He decided to withdraw "at the request of the family of imam Khomeini", Zahra Eshragi added.
She lamented "the rumours against Ali Eshraghi that have embarrassed the members of imam Khomeini's family", adding that there was "no black mark" in his life.
Ali Eshraghi was among hundreds of reformist candidates disqualified in the first round of vetting for the elections but was then...
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