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Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh
منصوره خجسته باقرزاده
Spouse of the Supreme Leader of Iran
In role 4 June 1989 – 28 February 2026[a]
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
Personal details
Born	23 May 1947 Mashhad, Iran
Died	2 March 2026 (aged 78) Tehran, Iran
Manner of death	Assassination by airstrike
Spouse	Ali Khamenei ​ ​ (m. 1964; died  2026)​
Children	6, including Mostafa, Mojtaba, and Masoud
Relatives	Khamenei family (by marriage)

Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh (23 May 1947 – 2 March 2026) was the spouse of Ali Khamenei, the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination by an Israel-US coordinated airstrike in 2026, which subsequently killed Bagherzadeh as well due to sustained injuries.

She was born in a Persian religious family in Mashhad. Her father was Mohammad Esmaeil Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, a famous businessman in Mashhad. She was the sister of Hassan Khojaste Bagherzadeh, former deputy director of IRIB.^[1] She first met Ali Khamenei in a private ceremony in 1964, and they were wed the same year. Their marriage sermon was read by Ayatollah Mohammad Hadi Milani.^[2]

Bagherzadeh and Khamenei had 4 sons and 2 daughters.^[3] Their children, in age order, are:

• Mostafa is mostly engaged in seminary studies. He married the daughter of Azizollah Khoshvaght.
• Mojtaba, who is more prominent in the country's media and politics, is the son-in-law of Gholam Ali Haddad Adel.
• Masoud married the daughter of Seyyed Mohsen Kharazi and has a family relationship with Kamal and Sadegh Kharazi.
• Meysam married the daughter of Mahmoud Lolachian, one of Tehran's religious bazaar merchants. Like Seyyed Masoud, he also collaborates with the office for preserving and publishing the works of "the Leader of the Revolution".
• Boshra married the son of Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani.
• Hoda married the son of Mohammad Bagher Bagheri.

Bagherzadeh died on 2 March 2026 during the Iran conflict, from injuries sustained in the same United States and Israeli airstrike that killed her husband two days earlier.^[4]