Comment by johnbarron

10 hours ago

After Israel, Iran is home to the second largest Jewish population in the Middle East. Current estimates are that 15,000 to 20,000 Jews live in Iran.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Jews

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srean  6 hours ago

Tehran to this day hosts Dr. Sapir Hospital and Charity Center, a Jewish charity hospital, the largest charity among the religious minorities in Iran.

Ayatollah Khomeini himself wrote a personal note thanking the hospital for its help after the revolution succeeded.

https://www.csmonitor.com/1998/0203/020398.intl.intl.3.html

""" It comes as a surprise to many visitors to discover that Iran, a country so hostile to Israel and with a reputation for intolerance, is home to a small but vibrant Jewish community that is an officially recognized religious minority under Iran's 1979 Islamic Constitution.

"Khomeini didn't mix up our community with Israel and Zionism - he saw us as Iranians," says Haroun Yashyaei, a film producer and chairman of the Central Jewish Community in Iran."""

Iran's objection is not with Judaism but with the occupation and the meddling in their affairs through proxies.

AndrewKemendo  10 hours ago

That’s not even a little correct there’s 100s of thousands more in Palestine than Iran

Like you just posted a straight up lie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_population_by_country

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_population_by_city

  • mongol  10 hours ago

    Palestine doesn't exist, from Israel's point of view.

    To accuse parent of lying is taking it much too far

  • johnbarron  10 hours ago

    To clarify, the quote comes directly from the Wikipedia article on Iranian Jews [1], which cites a BBC source [2].

    The phrasing is "After Israel, it is home to the second-largest Jewish population in the Middle East."

    The links you posted actually support my point rather than refute it.

    The "Jewish population by country" page lists Iran at 8,500–20,000. Palestine is not listed as a separate entry with a larger Jewish population.

    You may be referring to Israeli settlers in the West Bank, but those individuals are Israeli citizens counted under Israel's population in every demographic source I'm aware of.

    Counting them under "Palestine" would require simultaneously recognizing Palestine as a sovereign state while attributing Israeli citizens to it, which no standard demographic dataset does.

    If you have a source that counts a Jewish population in a recognized state called Palestine that exceeds Iran, I'd genuinely be interested to see it. But calling a direct Wikipedia/BBC citation a "straight up lie" is a strong claim that should probably come with a stronger source and also shows, you arrive with an ulterior agenda, that I at least, do not have.

    [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Jews [2] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stm