Mansoureh Khojaste Bagherzadeh (; born 1947) is the wife of

Ali Khamenei Ali Hosseini Khamenei (; born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He previously served as the third President of Iran, president from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei's tenure ...

, the

Supreme Leader of Iran The supreme leader of Iran, also referred to as the supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution, but officially called the supreme leadership authority, is the head of state and the highest political and religious authority of Iran (above the Presi ...

. She was born in a Persian religious family in

Mashhad Mashhad ( ; ), historically also known as Mashad, Meshhed, or Meshed in English, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. ...

. Her father was Mohammad Esmaeil Khojaste Bagherzadeh, a famous businessman in Mashhad. She is also the sister of Hassan Khojaste Bagherzadeh, former deputy director of

IRIB The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; ) or Seda va Sima () for short, formerly called National Iranian Radio and Television until the Iranian revolution of 1979, is an Iranian state-controlled media corporation that holds a monopo ...

. She first met

in a private ceremony in 1964. They were married in the following year. Their marriage sermon was read by Ayatollah

Mohammad Hadi Milani Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Hadi Milani (; ; July 1, 1895 – August 7, 1975) was an Iranian- Iraqi marja'. Al-Milani was also active in political and social affairs. When he moved to Mashhad, the Islamic seminary of Mashhad flourished. He co ...

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/ref> They have 4 sons and 2 daughters. Their children, in order, are Mostafa, Mojtaba, Masoud, Meysam, Boshra, and Hoda: * Mostafa is mostly engaged in seminary studies. He has married the daughter of Azizollah Khoshvaght. * Mojtaba, who is more prominent in the country's media and politics, is the son-in-law of Gholam Ali Haddad Adel. * Masoud has married the daughter of Seyyed Mohsen Kharazi and has a family relationship with Kamal and Sadegh Kharazi. * Meysam has also married the daughter of Mahmoud Lolachian, one of Tehran's religious bazaar merchants. Like Seyyed Masoud, he also collaborates with the office for preserving and publishing the works of "the Leader of the Revolution". * Boshra has married the son of Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani. * Hoda has also married the son of Mohammad-Bagher Bagheri.

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