Mostafa Hosseini Khamenei (; born 5 February 1965) is an Iranian
Twelver
Twelver Shi'ism (), also known as Imamism () or Ithna Ashari, is the Islamic schools and branches, largest branch of Shia Islam, Shi'a Islam, comprising about 90% of all Shi'a Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers to its adherents' belief in twel ...
Shia
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cleric
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and the oldest son of Iran's
supreme leader
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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 ...
Ayatollah
Ayatollah (, ; ; ) is an Title of honor, honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy. It came into widespread usage in the 20th century.
Originally used as a title bestowed by popular/clerical acclaim for a small number of the most di ...
Seyyed Mostafa Khamenei", the son-in-law of
Azizollah Khoshvaght
Azizollah Khoshvaght (), also known as Ayatollah Khoshvaqt (or Khoshwaqt) (1926 – 19 February 2013),Mojtaba, Masoud (Mohsen) and Meitham Khamenei.
Mostafa Khamenei, who participated in the
Iran–Iraq War
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Qom
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. According to Ahmad Marvi, who is the assistant of seminary communications in
Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran
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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 ...
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Mojtaba Khamenei
Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei (born 8 September 1969) is an Iranian politician and cleric who is one of the sons of Ali Khamenei. He served in the Iran–Iraq War from 1987 to 1988. He also reportedly took control of the Basij paramilitary militia t ...