Khadijeh Saqafi

Khadijeh Saqafi (; 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.

Early life Saqafi was born in in Tehran, the daughter of Hajj Mirza Mohammad Thaqafi-e Tehrani, a respected cleric and merchant.

Marriage and later years At the age of 16, Saqafi married 29-year-old Ruhollah Khomeini in 1929 or 1931. They had seven children together, although only five survived childhood. Their son Mostafa died in Iraq in 1977 while in exile, while their second son Ahmad died of cardiac arrest in 1995. Thousands attended her funeral at the University of Tehran, including then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Saqafi was buried next to her husband and son at his mausoleum in Behesht-e Zahra.