Mostafa Khamenei
Mostafa Khamenei | |
|---|---|
مصطفی خامنهای | |
Khamenei in 2025 | |
| Born | Mostafa Hosseini Khamenei 1965 (age 60–61) |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Khamenei family |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Branch | Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces |
| Service years | 1983–1985 |
| Conflicts | |
| Alma mater | Qom Seminary |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| Denomination | Twelver |
| Jurisprudence | Usuli |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | |
Mostafa Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: مصطفی حسینی خامنه ای; born c. 1965) is an Iranian Shia cleric. A member of the Khamenei family, he is the eldest son of the second Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, and the elder brother of the third and current supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
Early life
Mostafa Hosseini Khamenei was born in 1967 in Mashad as the eldest child of Ali Khamenei and Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh.[1] His five siblings are Mojtaba, Masoud, and Meysam, his younger brothers, and Boshra and Hoda, his younger sisters. His paternal grandfather, Javad Khamenei, was a poor and low-income but deeply respected Shia cleric and scholar.
Khamenei has Azeri and Persian ancestry, with his Azeri roots being traced back to Khamaneh, a small town in East Azerbaijan where his surname originated from, and he also has distant roots from Tafresh.[2][3] His family traces its lineage to Husayn ibn Ali, the son of Ali, the first Shia Imam, and the maternal grandson of Prophet Muhammad, hence Khamenei's middle name Hosseini (spelled Husayni in Arabic; meaning "descendant of Husayn").[4] Khamenei is married to a daughter of Azizollah Khoshvaght.[5]
References
- ^ "All about Ali Khamenei`s family: Who is dead, who is alive; Could Mojtaba become Iran`s next supreme leader?". Zee News. 1 March 2026.
- ^ Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East – Facts on File, Incorporated, 2009, p. 79
- ^ "Iran and the Caucasus – The Triumph of Pragmatism over Ideology – Centre for World Dialogue". worlddialogue.org. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Institute of Contemporary History Studies of Iran
- ^ "آشنایی با فرزندان مقام معظم رهبری" [Knowing the sons of Iran's supreme leader]. Mashregh News (in Persian). 30 September 2011. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2019.