After a short time in Kuwait, he went to Iran where he began his career as an editor in many newspapers as well as his main job in the SCIRI (Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq).
在科威特经过了一段短暂的时间，萨利姆又去了伊朗，在那里他开始了他的职业生涯，给许多报纸做过编辑，而他的主要工作则是在伊拉克伊斯兰革命最高委员会（Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq，简称SCIRI）中任职。