Iranian protesters 'burn down house' of former leader Ayatollah Khomeini
Mr Khomeini, who died in 1989, founded the Islamic Republic of Iran after the revolution of 1979, ushering in the strict theocratic regime that persists to this day.
The arson attack is among the latest acts of protest by anti-regime campaigners, who have been on the streets for weeks after the death in custody of Iranian Mahsa Amini, who was held by police for not wearing a hijab. Photos and videos posted on social media show a house on fire, with reports online that it is the house of the former leader in the city of Khomein, about 200 miles south of the Iranian capital, Tehran.Mahsa Amini died after being arrested by Iran's morality police for violating the nations strict dress code.
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