Khadijeh Saqafi

Khadijeh Saqafi
Khadijeh Saqafi
خدیجه ثقفی
Born	1915 or 1916; Tehran, Sublime State of Persia
Died	21 March 2009 (aged 93); 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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Khadijeh Saqafi
خدیجه ثقفی

Born	1915 or 1916 Tehran, Sublime State of Persia
Died	21 March 2009 (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