Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh

Spouse of the Supreme Leader of IranAssumed role
4 June 1989Supreme LeaderAli KhameneiPreceded byKhadijeh SaqafiSpouse of the president of IranIn role
9 October 1981 – 16 August 1989PresidentAli KhameneiPreceded byAteghe SediqiSucceeded byEffat Marashi Personal detailsBorn1947 (age 76–77)
Mashhad, Imperial State of IranSpouse ChildrenKnown forSpouse of the Supreme Leader of Iran (since 1989)
Spouse of the President of Iran (1981–1989)^[1]

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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Honorary titles
Preceded by Ateghe Sediqi as wife of Mohammad-Ali Rajai	Spouse of the President of Iran 1981–1989	Succeeded by Effat Marashi as wife of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded by Khadijeh Saqafi as wife of Ruhollah Khomeini	Spouse of the Supreme Leader of Iran 1989–present	Incumbent