Khamenei family

The Khamenei family is an Iranian religious and political family that has ruled Iran as the state's supreme leader since Ali Khamenei was elected to the position as its second holder in 1989. After his assassination in February 2026, he was succeeded by his son, Mojtaba Khamenei. Their predecessors as the family of the supreme leader were the Khomeini family headed by Ruhollah Khomeini from 1979 to 1989.

The Khamenei family has played a prominent role in Iranian politics since the 1980s after Ali Khamenei became president of Iran in 1981. The family is of Iranian Azerbaijani origin and claim to be sayyids, descended from Ali al-Sajjad, the fourth Shia Imam.Biography of Ayatollah Khamenei radiofarda.com Retrieved 21 September 2019MarkazeAsnade EnqelanEslami --Arshiv (Document Center Archive), No. 1225Khamenei Family -- Ayatollah Khamenei ghadeer.org Retrieved 2 October 2019Pure tree (al-Shajarah al-Tayebbah), Seyyed Fazel al-Mousavi al-Safavi (Khalkhali-Zadeh) Ali Khamenei was the most powerful member of the family until his assassination.

Ancestry Ali Khamenei's father was the cleric Javad Khamenei,Who are Ayatollah Khamenei's relatives? bbc.com Retrieved 3 October 2019Knowing dynasty of Seyyed Ali Khamenei (Iran's supreme leader) shabestan.ir Retrieved 21 September 2019 and his paternal grandfather was Hussein,Aqa Buzurg Tihrani, al-Dhari'a, vol. 2, p. 640 who was buried in Najaf, Iraq (in the Wadi-us-Salaam cemetery). Hussein's father was Mohammad Hosseini Tafresshi, who was considered a Sayyid of Aftasi, whose family tree was connected to Sultan-al-Ulama Ahmad (also known as Seyyed Ahmad).

Mohammad Hosseini Tafreshi Khamenei Tabrizi was the son of Mohamad Taghi, who was the son of Mirza Ali-Akbar, who was the son of Fakhr-al-Din Tafreshi. The descendants of Fakhr-al-Din (also known as Mir-Fakhra) are called Mir-Fakhrayi.

The family's descent, known as "Sadat-e Hosseini", is likewise connected to the third Shia Imam, Husayn ibn Ali.Institute of Contemporary History Studies of Iran

Name The name Khamenei is of Azerbaijani origin and derives from the city of Khamaneh in Iranian Azerbaijan.: "Mr. Khamenei was born to an Azeri clerical family living at the site of the holy Shi'ite shrine of Meshad, Khurasan. But his Azeri connections are undeniable, including his fluency in Azeri and his maintaining of the family's last name ascribing him to the town of Khameneh in Azerbaijan."

Pronunciation The name is pronounced in Persian: "Alongside the headword for each entry, representing its word family, we also provide the pronunciation of the headword in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), reflecting the common Iranian pronunciation of the word. [...] Rank: 4283; Headword: ; Pronunciation: xɑmeneji; Gloss: Khamenei." and in Iranian Azerbaijani, but English-language speakers vary in their pronunciation of the name. A news report by The New York Times during the 1989 Iranian supreme leader election stated the name was pronounced "kha-meh-neh-ee". Other English-language sources give the following pronunciations of the name:

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Family tree

Javad Khamenei (1895–1986) Alavieh Khamenei Batoul Khamenei Fatemeh Soltan Khamenei Mohammad Khamenei (b. 1935) Ali Khamenei (1939–2026), married Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh (b. 1947) Mostafa Khamenei (b. 1965) Mojtaba Khamenei (b. 1969), married Zahra Haddad-Adel (1979–2026) Mohammad Bagher Khamenei Fatemeh Sadaat Khamenei Mohammad Amin Khamenei Masoud Khamenei (b. 1974) Meysam Khamenei (b. 1978) Hoda Khamenei (1979–2026) married Mesbah Bagheri Kani (unknown–2026) Boshra Khamenei (b. 1980) married a son of Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani Badri Khamenei (b. 1942/1943), married Ali Tehrani (1926–2022) Farideh Moradkhani (b. 1971) Hadi Khamenei (b. 1948) Mohammad Hassan Khamenei

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