Wys bron van Mojtaba Chamenei

==Vroeë lewe en opleiding==
[[File:The four sons of Ali Khamenei.jpg|thumb|Khamenei (tweede van links) saam met sy drie broers, van links na regs: Mostafa, Masoud en Meysam]]
Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei is op 8 September 1969 in [[Mashhad|Masjhad]] gebore as die tweede kind van [[Ali Khamenei]] en Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh.<ref name="shadow">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/07/the-man-in-the-shadow-mojtaba-khamenei.html|title=The Man in the Shadow: Mojtaba Khamenei|website=PBS |access-date=5 September 2017|archive-date=9 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109183057/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/07/the-man-in-the-shadow-mojtaba-khamenei.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=mehdi2012>{{cite web |last=Khalaji |first=Mehdi |title=Supreme Succession. Who Will Lead Post-Khamenei Iran? |url=http://www.metransparent.com/IMG/pdf/mehdi_khalaji_supreme_succession.pdf |work=The Washington Institute |location=Washington, DC |format=Policy Focus (No. 117) |date=February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416184302/http://www.metransparent.com/IMG/pdf/mehdi_khalaji_supreme_succession.pdf |archive-date=16 April 2014}}</ref> Sy vyf broers en susters is Mostafa, sy ouer broer, Masoud en Meysam, sy jonger broers, en Boshra en Hoda, sy jonger susters. Sy vaderlike oupa, Javad Khamenei, was ’n arm en lae-inkomste maar diep gerespekteerde Sjia-geestelike en geleerde.<ref>{{cite news |title=فوری/ آیت‌الله سید مجتبی خامنه‌ای رهبر ایران شد – تسنیم |url=https://www.tasnimnews.ir/fa/news/1404/12/18/3535299/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AF |work=خبرگزاری تسنیم {{!}} Tasnim |language=fa}}</ref>

Khamenei is van Persiese afkoms, maar in ’n mindere mate ook [[Azerbeidjanners|Azeri]]-afkoms, met sy Azeri-wortels wat teruggevoer kan word na Chamaneh, ’n klein dorp in die provinsie Oos-Azerbeidjan waar sy van ontstaan het, en hy het ook verre wortels uit Tafresh.<ref>Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East – Facts on File, Incorporated, 2009, p. 79</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worlddialogue.org/content.php?id=150 |title=Iran and the Caucasus – The Triumph of Pragmatism over Ideology – Centre for World Dialogue |website=worlddialogue.org |access-date=1 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927184152/http://www.worlddialogue.org/content.php?id=150 |archive-date=27 September 2013}}</ref> Sy familie herlei hul afstamming na Husayn ibn Ali, die seun van [[Ali]], die eerste Sjia-imam, en die kleinseun aan moederskant van die profeet [[Mohammed|Muhammed]]. Daarom is Chamenei se middelnaam Hosseini (gespel Husayni in [[Arabies]]; beteken “afstammeling van Husayn”).<ref>Institute of Contemporary History Studies of Iran</ref>

Sy kinderjare het saamgeval met die tyd toe sy vader as ’n leidende revolusionêr teen die Irannese monargie van sjah [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] na vore getree het.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/mojtaba-khamenei-supreme-leaders-gatekeeper-guardian|title=Mojtaba Khamenei: The Supreme Leader's Gatekeeper & Guardian|website=UANI}}</ref> Gedurende daardie tyd het hy sewe jaar in die stede Sardasjt en Mahabad in noordwes-Iran deurgebring, waar hy sy vroeë opleiding ontvang het.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/who-is-mojtaba-khamenei-the-second-son-of-irans-supreme-leader-7046798 |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 March 2026 |archive-date=15 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251115041256/https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/who-is-mojtaba-khamenei-the-second-son-of-irans-supreme-leader-7046798 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://brieflynews.in/mojtaba-khamenei/|title=Mojtaba Khamenei: The Most Powerful Man You've Never Seen in Iran's Politics|first=Shaik|last=Mujeeb|date=2 March 2026}}</ref> Nadat hy aan die Alavi-hoërskool in [[Tehran]] gematrikuleer het,<ref name="auto3">[https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/world/middleeast/mojtaba-khamenei-iran-successor-who.html Who Is Mojtaba Khamenei, a Son and Possible Successor of Iran's Supreme Leader?] nytimes.com</ref> het hy Islamitiese teologie bestudeer. Sy vroeë leermeesters het sy eie vader en Ajatolla Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi ingesluit.<ref name=shadow/>