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exhibition, which will be running through June 2, is held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Imam Khomeini to the
holy city of Qom, the report said.Imam Khomeini was a Muslim cleric and Marja, and the political leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution of
Iran which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran
The following year, Ayatollah Haeri-Yazdi transferred the Islamic seminary to the holy city of Qom and invited his students to follow
Imam Khomeini accepted the invitation, moved, and took up residence at the Dar al-Shafa school in Qom before being exiled to the holy city
After graduation, he taught Islamic jurisprudence (Sharia), Islamic philosophy, and mysticism (Irfan) for many years and wrote numerous
books on these subjects.Imam Khomeini died of cancer on Saturday, June 3, 1989, at the age of 89
Many Iranians mourned his death and packed the streets
