Masoud Khamenei
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Masoud Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: سید مسعود حسینی خامنهای; born 1974), also known as Mohsen Khamenei (Persian: سید محسن خامنهای), is an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric who is the third son of former president and supreme leader of Iran Ali Khamenei, and the brother of Mostafa, Mojtaba and Meysam Khamenei.
Masoud is studying and teaching in the seminary of Qom; and is a member in Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom (Persian: جامعهٔ مدرسین حوزهٔ علمیهٔ قم).
Seyyed Masoud doesn't have governmental/non-governmental or formal position; moreover, his father (Ali Khamenei) has prohibited his son(s) from accepting governmental, or similar positions. According to Mehr News Agency: Masoud has the most attention—between Iran's supreme leader's sons—in collecting the memoirs of his father and likewise in running the office of the preservation and publication of Iran's supreme leader works.
== Personal life ==
=== Family ===
Masoud also has the title of "Hujjatul-Islam", and is the husband of Sadiq-Kharazi's sister; likewise, he is the son-in-law of Mohsen Kharazi (Tehran's representative in the assembly of experts).
The family of Masoud Khamenei are among the Iranian Sayyid families who are from Hosseini Sayyid, and their lineage is connected to the fourth Imam of Shia Islam, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (Persian/Arabic: علی بن حسین، زین العابدین) (known as "Imam Sajjad")—according to "Khamenei family tree".
=== Wealth ===
Masoud manages several of his family institutions. He reportedly holds over $400 million in banks in France and United Kingdom, with additional $100 million in Tehran, Iran. Masoud also controls the sales of Renault vehicles in Iran.
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