London Penthouses Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader Reportedly Listed for Sale

Two penthouses linked to Iran’s Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei located near the Israeli embassy at London are reportedly up for sale, being listed by Knight Frank and Southeby’s Real Estate after an alleged frontman for the supreme leader was sanctioned by the United States. According to a report from the Sunday Times, the two apartments are located near Kensington Palace — the home of the Prince and Princess of Wales — at 3a Palace Green, just steps away from the Israeli embassy. The properties, combined said to be worth nearly $49 million, are in receivership. Records obtained by the newspaper say they were owned by Iranian banker Ali Ansari, who was sanctioned earlier this year by the United States after he was accused of being a key financier for Mr. Khamenei.Mr. Ansari reportedly purchased them in 2014 and 2016 on behalf of Mojtaba Khamenei, long before the cleric was chosen as the country’s new supreme leader. Ayatollah Khamenei succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, as supreme leader after the imam was killed in an Israeli air strike earlier this year. He has not been seen in public since ascending to his new position. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, Mr. Ansari “oversees a sprawling global network of assets benefitting Iran’s leader … and other regime elites.”“Ansari has effectively institutionalized large‑scale embezzlement within the Iranian regime, diverting publicly funded wealth into an extensive overseas portfolio of real estate and commercial holdings to enrich himself, regime elites—including notable senior figures within the Supreme Leader’s Office—and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” the Treasury Department said at the time. The listing for one of the apartments describes it as “an exceptional duplex penthouse with staff accommodation and commanding unrivalled views across Kensington Gardens from one of London’s most prestigious addresses.” According to the Times, no staff have ever seen Mr. Ansari at the apartments. The American sanctions levied against Mr. Ansari last November followed sanctions first imposed by the British government in October 2025. The government said at the time that Mr. Ansari was being sanctioned for his “role in financially supporting the activities of the IRGC.”“This designation sends a clear message — we will not tolerate threats from the IRGC and will not hesitate to take the most effective measures against them,” a minister said last year. Mr. Ansari’s British assets were subsequently frozen and he was barred from entering the country, leading the penthouses to fall into receivership, according to the Times. Any profit from the sale will go to his lenders. Mr. Ansari’s link to the apartments was reported in March by the Telegraph, which quoted his lawyer, Roger Gherson, “vehemently” denying the financial link to Ayatolla Khamenei or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

London Penthouses Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader Reportedly Listed for Sale

London Penthouses Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader Reportedly Listed for Sale

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