The middle-east has become a field of tense exchange between major powerhouses of the world, including the US, Israel, and Iran. Amid the tensions, the speculations around the possible death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, following the US and Israel’s attack on Tehran have reached across the globe. While Iran, the US, and Israel have made conflicting claims about his survival, public attention has shifted to his wife and family. Here’s everything to know about it
Who is the wife of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader?
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been married to Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh for more than 50 years. They got married in 1964. Mansoureh was born in 1947 in Mashhad to a religious and relatively well-known merchant family. Her father, Mohammad Esmaeil Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, was a prominent businessman in the city. Although she has been married to one of Iran’s most powerful political figures for more than 6 decades, she has maintained an extremely low public profile.
