Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh

Mansoureh Khojaste Bagherzadeh (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. 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.