Masoud Hosseini Khamenei (; born 15 March 1972), also known as Mohsen Khamenei (), is an

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cleric who is the third son of Iran's

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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 ...

; and is the brother of Mostafa, Mojtaba and Meitham. Khamenei also has the title of "Hujjatul-Islam", and is the husband of Sadiq-Kharazi's sister; likewise, he is the son-in-law of Seyyed Mohsen Kharazi (Tehran's representative in the

assembly of experts The Assembly of Experts (), also translated as the Assembly of Experts of the Leadership or as the Council of Experts, is the deliberative body empowered to appoint the Supreme Leader of Iran. All directly elected members must first be vetted ...

). Seyyed Masoud is studying and teaching in the

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; and is a member in

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(Persian: ). Seyyed Masoud doesn't have governmental/non-governmental or formal position; moreover, his father (Seyyed Ali Khamenei) has prohibited his son(s) from accepting governmental, or similar positions. According to

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: Seyyed Masoud has the most attention—between Iran's supreme leader's sons—in collecting the memoirs of his father and likewise in running ''the office of the preservation and publication of Iran's supreme leader works''.

Ancestors

The family (ancestors) of Seyyed Masoud Khamenei are among the Iranian

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families who are from Hosseini

, and their lineage is connected to the fourth

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Islam,

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(Persian/

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: علی بن حسین، زین العابدین) (known as "Imam Sajjad")—according to "Khamenei family tree".

Personal wealth

Masoud manages several of his father's institutions. He reportedly holds over $400 million in banks in

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and the UK, with an additional $100 million in

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. Masoud also controls the sales of

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vehicles in Iran, further contributing to his wealth.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khamenei, Seyyed Masoud Living people Children of supreme leaders of Iran Children of presidents of Iran Ali Khamenei Iranian Shia clerics Iranian Azerbaijanis 1972 births