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Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh
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منصوره خجسته باقرزاده
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| Spouse of the Supreme Leader of Iran | |
| Assumed role 4 June 1989 | |
| Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Khadijeh Saqafi |
| Spouse of the president of Iran | |
| In role 9 October 1981 – 16 August 1989 | |
| President | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Ateghe Sediqi |
| Succeeded by | Effat Marashi |
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| Born | 1947 (age 76–77) Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran |
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(m. 1964) |
| Children | 6, including Mostafa, Mojtaba, and Masoud |
| Known for | Spouse of the Supreme Leader of Iran (since 1989) Spouse of the President of Iran (1981–1989)[1] |
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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 by as wife of Mohammad-Ali Rajai | Spouse of the President of Iran 1981–1989 |
Succeeded by as wife of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Preceded by as wife of Ruhollah Khomeini | Spouse of the Supreme Leader of Iran 1989–present |
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