The wife of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was injured in the same US-Israeli attack that killed her husband, has succumbed to her injuries, according to Iran's Tasnim news agency.
Khamenei's wife, Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, lived largely outside the spotlight.
Born in 1947 into a respected merchant family, she married Khamenei in 1964, according to the Times of India
Her father, Mohammad Esmail Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, was known as a successful businessman.
Throughout decades of political turbulence - including the years before the 1979 revolution when Khamenei was detained under the Shah's regime - she is said to have quietly supported him.
Unlike many political spouses, she did not assume public responsibilities or a formal role. Herlafe, like much of the family, unfolded away from cameras and speeches.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the early hours of Saturday during Israeli and US strikes on his office.
State media said Khamenei "was carrying out his assigned duties and was present at his workplace (his office)" at the time of what it described as "This cowardly attack occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning".
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