Iranian jews

Iran's Jewish community maintains low profile amid nationwide protests - KAN

Members of Iran’s roughly 8,000-strong Jewish community are avoiding protest flashpoints as unrest spreads nationwide, according to a report by Israel’s public broadcaster KAN News.

Iranian Jews, including Rabbi Younes Hamami Lahlezar (R), hold an anti-Israel meeting in a Tehran synagogue in solidarity with Hamas terrorists and Gaza amid the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas War, October 30, 2023; illustrative.
FOR IRAN’S Christian community, the postwar crackdown has been particularly severe, with at least 50 members detained by authorities. Here, Iranian Christians take part in the New Year prayer ceremony at a church in Tehran last January.

When faith comes under fire: How Iran’s repression of religious minorities has increased

THE HISTORY of Jewish-Persian friendship goes back over 2,500 years, and it is unlikely there is any other example of two civilizations enjoying such a long and prosperous relationship. Here, anti-Iranian regime protesters wave the Iranian Lion and Sun flag before the 1979 revolution and Israeli fla

Fifty years of Islamic rule can’t erase 2,600 years of Jewish-Iranian friendship

Homayoun Sameyah Najafabadi vists the Beheshtieh Jewish cemetery in southern Tehran, January 9, 2015

Iran authorities summon Jewish rep. over community's pro-Israel likes on social media


Iran’s Jewish community praises attack on Israel - Here's why

Iran’s regime showcases its dwindling Jewish population to the world as an anti-Zionist organization to score points in its efforts to discredit Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people.

Protesters burn US and Israeli flags during an anti-Israel protest in Tehran, Iran, April 1, 2024

Dr. Harouni's murder awoke a deep trauma for Jewish Iranians - opinion

Dr. Harouni’s murder revived communal feelings of trauma among Iranian Jews who had resettled in the United States after religious persecution in Iran.

 DR. BENJAMIN HAROUNI was murdered and two others were injured when a ‘disgruntled’ former patient opened fire at a dental office in El Cajon, California on February 29.

Israeli initative enlists Persian speakers to fight antisemitism

When social media was flooded with posts and shares from both sides, Israel recognized the crucial need for public diplomacy regarding what was happening and continues to happen.

NEDA AMIN participates in a ‘Free Iran’ rally in Jerusalem in January 2018.

Plight of Iran’s Jews a reminder of its terror against women, minorities - opinion

Iran's Jews were forced to protest against Israel's actions in Gaza. Yet Tehran tellingly turned a blind eye to the Hamas' horrific crimes against women.

 Iranian women gather during the funeral ceremony of Milad Heydari and Meghdad Mahghani, members of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Damascus, held in Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2023.

Bedouin who ran for Knesset pleads guilty to sharing Israeli intel with Iran

The plea agreement stipulates that Abu al-Qia'an will spend twelve months in prison, as he poses no immediate security threat.

A man holds up a poster of the late Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani next to a burning Israeli flag as Iranians attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022

WATCH: Iranian Jews sing traditional prayers ahead of Rosh Hashanah

Iranian Jewish community balances faith and caution in Pre-Rosh Hashanah prayers.

Prayer service ahead of Rosh Hashana in Teheran, Iran, 2023

Under pressure Iranian Jews memorialize Khomeini‘s death

Beni Sabti, an expert on Iran said that this is “another example in which Jews have to obey and be silent. And do the right actions like al Quds Day."

An Iranian Jew prays at the Abrishami synagogue at Palestine street in Tehran December 24, 2015.

Iran pressures Jews to not celebrate Passover and join anti-Israel march

The meeting place for Iranian Jews to participate in the al-Quds Day demonstration is one of the more famous synagogues in Tehran.

Iranian Jews pray at the Abrishami synagogue at Palestine street in Tehran December 24, 2015..

Gohar: Nostalgic food for Iranian-born Israelis - review

If you like exotic flavors and a very warm and hospitable environment, you will love Gohar.

 Gohar

‘Israel is the best friend of the Iranian people’ -Iranian-born Jewish activist

George Haroonian, one of the leading voices of the Iranian-Jewish community in the US, launched a campaign to secure the freedom of 13 Iranian Jews arrested by the regime.

George Haroonian