Khadijeh Saqafi
Khadijeh Saqafi | |
|---|---|
خدیجه ثقفی | |
Saqafi in 1987 | |
| Spouse of the Supreme Leader of Iran | |
| In role 3 December 1979 – 3 June 1989 | |
| Supreme Leader | Ruhollah Khomeini |
| Succeeded by | Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1915 or 1916 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | (aged 93) Tehran, Iran |
| Resting place | Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 7, including Mostafa, Zahra, Farideh, and Ahmad |
Khadijeh Saqafi (Persian: خدیجه ثقفی; 1915/1916 – 21 March 2009) was an Iranian revolutionary and the wife of Ruhollah Khomeini, the first Supreme Leader of Iran and figurehead of the Iranian Revolution.