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Mansoureh Khojaste Bagherzadeh (Persian: منصوره خجسته باقرزاده; born 1947) is the wife of Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran.

She was born in a religious family in Mashhad. 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.[2] She first met Ali Khamenei in a private ceremony in 1964. They were married in the following year. Their marriage sermon was read by Ayatollah Mohammad Hadi Milani.[3]

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Preceded byas wife of Mohammad-Ali Rajai Spouse of the President of Iran
1981–1989
Succeeded byas wife of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded byas wife of Ruhollah Khomeini Spouse of the Supreme Leader of Iran
1989–present
Incumbent


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