Ruhollah Khatami

Seyyed Ruhollah Khatami (Persian: سید روح‌الله خاتمی; 28 October 1906 – 27 October 1988) was a senior Iranian cleric in the city of Yazd.

[1] In July 1982, he was appointed prayer leader in the central Iranian city of Yazd by Ruhollah Khomeini.

He is the father of a number of notable Iranian politicians, including former president Mohammad Khatami, Islamic Iran Participation Front founder Mohammad-Reza Khatami, former presidential chief of staff Ali Khatami, and Fatemeh Khatami, who was elected to Ardakan's city council in 1999.

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Ruhollah Khatami (father) and Mohammad Khatami (son) in childhood (1948)