Khamenei family

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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. Ali Khamenei was the most powerful member of the family until his assassination.

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