Under Saddam Hussein, restrictions were imposed on the Shiite seminary in Najaf – traditionally a counterbalance to Iran’s Shiite establishment – forcing the emigration of a number of clerics to the Iranian seminary in Qom.
Durante el mandato de Saddam Hussein se impusieron restricciones al seminario chiíta de Najaf –que tradicionalmente había sido un contrapeso al sistema chiíta de Irán- que obligaron a varios clérigos a emigrar al seminario iraní de Qom.