House of Imam Khomeini The housel a two-story bulling consists of a basement and a ground floor Moalem St. The eastern large room was the place of meetings and reception of Imam Khomeini (R.I.P.) Ln the past decades. The building was bought by Imam Khometntin 1956 and was his residence untll1964; and after he was exiled by the order of the Pahlavi regime, it remained as an Office. The building has a lot of daily visitors from around the world as his memorial.