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 LeaderRuhollah Khomeini
Succeeded byMansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh
Personal details
Born1915 or 1916
Tehran, Sublime State of Persia
Died (aged 93)
Tehran, Iran
Resting placeMausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini
Spouse
(m. 1929; died 1989)
Children7, 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 Supreme Leader of Iran and figurehead of the Iranian Revolution.