United States and Israel Launched a new round of strikes against Iran, once again disrupting negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program. Sites linked to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei were among those targeted in the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday.
Where is Khamenei?
Khamenei’s whereabouts remain unknown. According to Reuters, sources said Khamenei He is not in Tehran and has been moved to a safe location.
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Who is Khamenei?
The 86-year-old Islamic scholar has served as Iran’s supreme leader since 1989, following the late charismatic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Islamic republic’s founder, who returned from exile and led Iran’s 1979 revolution that overthrew U.S. ally and King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He holds ultimate authority over all branches of government, the military and the judiciary, and is also the spiritual leader of the nation.
Throughout his tenure, Khamenei China has a contentious relationship with the West, facing tough sanctions and waves of domestic protests over economic and human rights issues. He called the United States Iran’s “number one enemy”, with Israel not far behind.
U.S. and Israeli officials have previously issued threats against Khamenei.
In June, after 12 days of conflict over US-Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran’s response to Israel, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that dictators like Khamenei “cannot continue to exist.”
Last year, Trump claimed that Khamenei would be an “easy target” if the United States decided to go after him.
However, Khamenei Iran has always insisted that it will never develop nuclear weapons and that its nuclear program is only for civilian use. Neither U.S. intelligence agencies nor the U.N. nuclear watchdog have found any evidence that Iran is seeking to build atomic weapons, despite claims promoted by Israel and some members of the Trump administration.
Amid the escalating conflict, many on social media began asking questions about Khamenei’s family.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei family
While there is limited information about Khamenei’s family life, he is married and has six children. Some of his relatives live abroad, and some of his nephews and grandchildren live in Paris. However, his son and daughter live with him in Iran.
Khamenei’s wife, Mansoure Khojast Baghzadeh, rarely appears in public. Her father, Mohammad Esmaeil Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, is a prominent businessman in Mashhad, and her brother, Hassan, served as deputy director of state broadcaster IRIB, Iran International reported.
According to public reports, he has three daughters, namely Hoda, Meysam and Bushra. In addition, he has several grandsons, but the name of only one grandson, Mohammad Bagher Khamenei, has been revealed.
