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


How the Central Organization of Iranian Immigrants is helping community

“I regret to say that while many Iranian Jews did very well in Israel, we as a community gave up on our identity as Iranians."

Zion Hasid, head of the Central Organization of Iranian Immigrants in Israel, with a poster of the Tiferet Zion V’Sara synagogue he built in Jerusalem.

Israeli-Iranian singer unites different cultures

Michal Elia Kamal uses personal experiences and her Iranian background to create songs that connect with people from across the globe.

ISRAELI-IRANIAN SINGER Michal Elia Kamal: We are not just sharing traditional folk music; we are sharing a piece of our soul

Israeli-Iranian singer unites different cultures

Michal Elia Kamal uses personal experiences and her Iranian background to create songs that connect with people from across the globe.

ISRAELI-IRANIAN SINGER Michal Elia Kamal: We are not just sharing traditional folk music; we are sharing a piece of our soul

This Jewish grandmother was sentenced to death in Iran

Holland won’t grant her asylum.

A window is pictured with the Star of David in a new synagogue in Cottbus, Germany

Iranian Jews in a time of protest

“People are even angrier now than in 2009, and not just because of poverty and corruption. People want to be free and everyone is screaming now, loudly, at the same time.”

Unveiling ceremony for memorial to Iranian Jews killed in Iran-Iraq war‏.

Iranian-American Jews call for boycott of Persian singer over 'antisemitic' lyrics

The lyrics in question are from the song "Flock of Vultures" in which the singer compares Jews to the predatory bird.

Iranian singer Mohsen Yeganeh

Iran’s Jewish lawmaker: Netanyahu an ‘insane vampire’

On Saturday night, the start of the Purim holiday, Netanyahu visited an Israeli synagogue, where he told children celebrating Purim that Iran seeks to kill the Jews just as the Persians did.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Ziggy Marley and Israeli-Iranian wife cooking up 'Rastafarsi' traditions

Reggae star opens up about the fusion of Jamaican and Jewish customs in his family's kitchen.

Ziggy Marley and his wife Orly

Saudi Arabia: Lynchpin of the moderate axis in the Middle East

The Saudis consider Israel a possible partner in the struggle against Iran and the jihadist groups, as long as this partnership is kept behind closed doors.

SAUDI ARABIAN soldiers take pictures as flame and smoke are seen following air bombardments during the Northern Thunder exercises, in Hafr Al-Batin, near Saudi Arabia’s border with Iraq in March.

Revolutionary Guards commander demands that Iran annex Bahrain

General Qasemi, a crony of Iran's supreme leader, urged the annexation of Bahrain to Iran, explaining that "Bahrain is an Iranian province that was detached from Iran due to the colonialism."

Thousand of Basij soldiers stage mock seige of Temple Mount in Iran