Iran's new Supreme Leader owns ₹2,500cr real estate portfolio: Report
What's the story
Mojtaba Khamenei, the newly appointed Supreme Leader of Iran, reportedly owns a massive real estate portfolio of at least 13 properties worth over £200 million (over ₹2,500 crore) across the city of London, according to a report by Bloomberg. His portfolio also includes properties spread across the UK and Europe. Notably, just two luxury apartments in Kensington are worth £50 million (approximately ₹616 crore).
Financial network
Apartments suspected of being used for spying
The apartments, located on the sixth and seventh floors of a building near Kensington Palace, are suspected to be a security risk. According to the report, experts speculate they could have been used for spying on the Israeli embassy nearby. The properties were acquired through a frontman named Ali Ansari and a shell company registered in the Isle of Man. Funds for these purchases reportedly came from Iran's oil program, intended to bypass Western sanctions.
Global reach
Financial network includes properties in Germany, Spain, and the Gulf
The financial network linked to Khamenei also includes Swiss bank accounts, Germany, Spain, and the Gulf. These assets are formally registered in Ansari's name, and he was sanctioned by the UK in October 2025. A property on Bishop's Avenue in north London was bought for £33.7 million (over ₹415 crore) and is guarded by private security.
Rising tensions
Khamenei's hidden fortune revealed amid US-Iran tensions
The revelation of Khamenei's hidden fortune comes amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran and is in stark relief to the image of austerity that Iranian state media has long projected about the Supreme Leader's family. Certain reports even speculate the new Supreme Leader is expected to take a more hardline stance than his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.