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Born to Seyed Javad Khamenei, an Alim and Mujtahid born in Najaf, and Khadijeh Mirdamadi (daughter of Hashem Mirdamadi ) in Mashhad, Khamenei is the second of eight children. Two of his brothers are also clerics; his younger brother, Hadi Khamenei, is a newspaper editor and cleric.
- 1979–1980, 1980–1981
- Independent (since 1989)
Dec 17, 2022 · Ali Khamenei's father had three daughters with his first wife, all of whom are dead now. His remaining children are from his second wife Khadijeh Mirdamadi – Mohammad, Ali, who became Iran’s supreme leader, Badri, Hadi and Hassan. Hassan Khamenei is the only brother who is not a cleric. He has worked at the Ministries of Oil and Culture.
He was born on 17 July 1939 as the second of eight children to Seyyed Javad Khamenei and Khadijeh Mirdamadi in Mashhad, Iran. From an early age he attended religious studies at the hawza of Mashhad where his mentors were Sheikh Hashem Qazvini, and Ayatollah Milani.
He was born to an Azeri father (the Iranian Turkish-speaking minority), within a religious family of clerics. His father, Seyed Javad Khamenei, was born in Najaf, a holy city in Iraq, while his mother Khadijeh Mirdamadi, herself, came from a religious family. Second son of eight children, two of his brothers are also clerics.
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In Biographical Summaries of Notable People. Save this record and choose the information you want to add to your family tree. Save record. Name. Khadijeh Mirdamadi. Gender. Female. Description. Khadijeh Mirdamadi was the mother of Ali Khamenei.
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Seyyed Mohammad Khamenei was born on 25 December 1935 to a religious family in Mashhad. He is the oldest son of Javad Khamenei and Khadijeh Mirdamadi. He is the older brother of current Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei.
After the death of his first wife, he married Khadijeh Mirdamadi , the daughter of Hashem Mirdamadi Najafabadi , from whom he had four sons ( Seyyed Mohammad , Seyyed Ali , Seyyed Hadi and Seyyed Mohammad Hassan ) and a daughter ( Badri , the wife of Sheikh Ali Tehrani ).
