Exile and teaching in Najaf
· Sheikh Morteza Ansari Madrassah, Najaf, Iraq

Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International · file Najaf became Khomeini's principal place of exile for roughly thirteen years, where he taught fiqh at the Sheikh Morteza Ansari Madrassah. The precise madrassah coordinate is approximate; the source separately states that he began teaching fiqh there.