Masoud Khamenei

Masoud Hosseini Khamenei (born 1974), also known as Mohsen Khamenei is an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric. A member of the Khamenei family, he is the third son of the second Iranian supreme leaderAli Khamenei, and the younger brother of the third and current supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.

Khamenei 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 Khamenei does not 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 out of Ali's sons in collecting the memoirs of his father and likewise in running the former Supreme Leader's activities related to his publications and preservation.