Islamic revolutionary and Ruhollah Khomeini's wife (1913–2009)
Khadijeh Saqafi
خدیجه ثقفی
Born
1915 or 1916
Tehran, Sublime State of Persia
Died
(aged 93)[1][2]
Tehran, Iran
Resting place
Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini
Spouse
Ruhollah Khomeini
(died 1989)
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 Supreme Leader of Iran and figurehead of the Iranian Revolution. In Iran, she was known as "the mother of the Islamic revolution".[1]
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