The elder son, Mostafa, was murdered in 1977 while in exile with his father in Najaf, Iraq and SAVAK (the Imperial-era secret police) was accused of his death by Imam Khomeini. Ahmad Khomeini, the younger son, died in 1995. Imam Khomeini's grandson Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, son of the late Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini, is also a cleric and the trustee of Imam Khomeini's shrine.
Taken "Ya Husain" da masu juyayin suke rerawa alhali suna dukan kirji da kawunansu ya mai da yanayin wajen tamkar yanayin Ranar Ashurar da Imam Husaini (a.s) ya yi shahada. Bisa la'akari da cewa al'umma ba za su sake jin sautin Imam Khumaini dake cike da yanayin tunasar da mutum Ubangiji a Husaniyyar Jamaran ba, hakan ya kasance abin tashin hankali ga al'umma.