Masoud Khamenei
Masoud Khamenei | |
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مسعود خامنهای | |
Khamenei in 2014 | |
| Head of the Office for the Preservation of the Works of Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | |
| Assumed office 6 June 2013 | |
| Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei Mojtaba Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Alireza Barazesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Masoud Hosseini Khamenei 1974 (age 51–52) |
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| Education | Islamic Seminary of Qom |
| Alma mater | Qom Seminary |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| Denomination | Twelver |
| Jurisprudence | Usuli |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | |
Masoud Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: سید مسعود حسینی خامنهای; born 1974), also known as Mohsen Khamenei (Persian: سید محسن خامنهای), is an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric who is the third son of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and the younger brother of current Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei.
Khamenei is studying and teaching in the seminary of Qom; and is a member in Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom (Persian: جامعهٔ مدرسین حوزهٔ علمیهٔ قم). Seyyed Khamenei does not have governmental/non-governmental or formal position; moreover, his father (Ali Khamenei) has prohibited his son(s) from accepting governmental, or similar positions. According to Mehr News Agency, Masoud has the most attention out of Ali's sons in collecting the memoirs of his father and likewise in running the former Supreme Leader's activities related to his publications and preservation.