regime hoped to diminish the role of Khomeini through competition with Iraqi Ulama like Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei Because of intense pressure and popular protests. Scholars and Khomeini's followers began to communicate with him in Bursa, donating so much money that the Ayatollah went from virtually penniless to very rich A SAVAK agent thought that his presence made the Turkish people hostile toward the Shah’s regime. Iraq On 8 September 1965, Khomeini entered Iraq and would spend thirteen years there. Iraq did not have good political relations with the Shah. Khomeini and Mostafa entered Iraq. He went to Kadhimiya and stayed in the company of Mohammad al-Husayni al-Shirazi for two days before going to Karbala. From there he went to the city of Najaf. Initially, Khomeini was isolated by Iraq's Shi'a clergy because of his status as a foreigner and his radical teachings and support for terrorism; however, after a while Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and other Iraqi clerics would join with Khomeini because they shared similar aims in establishing an Islamic state. Khomeini would also be helped in his first days in Iraq by then-President Abdul Salam Arif, who allowed the Ayatollah to set up and control an Iranian opposition radio station. After a while, his wife Khadijeh Saqafi and second son Ahmad Khomeini joined them in Najaf. Khomeini began teaching Fiqh in the Sheikh Morteza Ansari Madrassah which captivated students mainly from Iran, Iraq, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf states. In April 1967, Khomeini wrote the two letters, once to Ulama in order to persuade them to attempt to overthrow the Shah's regime and another to Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, protesting the coronation of the Shah and condemning him for continued violation of both Islam and the constitution. Also, Khomeini forbade any type of dealing with Israel. Four years into his Iraqi exile, between 21 January and 8 February (1970), Khomeini gave lectures about Vilayat-e Faqīh ya Hukumat-i Islami, which in Shia Islam hold that Islam gives a faqīh (Islamic jurist) custodianship over people. This became Khomeini's most famous and influential work, and laid out his ideas on governance (at that time): That the laws of society should be made up only of the laws of God (Sharia), which cover "all human affairs" and "provide instruction and establish norms" for every "topic" in "human life." Since Shariah, or Islamic law, is the proper law, those holding government posts should have