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Members of the Iranian Jewish community protesting outside the UN offices in Tehran on Tuesday. (AP)
Last update - 19:04 31/12/2008
Iran Jews stage pro-Palestinian rally near UN offices in Tehran
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: gaza, hamas, israel news 

Members of Iran's small Jewish community staged a demonstration outside of the United Nations' office in Tehran, to protest the Israel Defense Forces' operation in the Gaza Strip.



The official Iranian news agency, IRNA, reported that community members, alongside Jewish parliamentarian Siamak Mara-Sedq, urged Israel to do its part to return quiet and security to the region.
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The chairman of Iran's Jewish Union, Rahmatullah Raafi, said the community had come out in support of the Palestinian people.

"We are here to express out support and sympathy for the Palestinian nation," he said, adding that Muslim nations could rise up as a single large force against Israel. He also said that the victors of the current conflict were the residents of Gaza.

Israeli sources familiar with the Iranian Jewish community suspect that the demonstration was organized by the government in Tehran, and does not represent that actual stance of Iranian Jews.

Some 25,000 Jews still live in Iran. Many have visited Israel, where a large percentage of the community has immigrated in the past 30 years. Still, others prefer to remain in Iran. There are rarely reports of the community suffering from antagonism or aggression from their neighbors or from the government.
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  1.   They are modern-day Marranos. 19:04  |  Dan 30/12/08
  2.   Israeli sources suspect ... 19:06  |  Andreas 30/12/08
  3.   Of course, the Iranian Jews are being threatened 19:07  |  Anonymous 30/12/08
  4.   I love Iranian Jews 19:38  |  Love Iran 30/12/08
  5.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 19:47  |  Dovy 30/12/08
  6.   Suspet ? 19:47  |  ANUAR AL SADAT 30/12/08
  7.   Freedom of Expression 19:49  |  Makevet 30/12/08
  8.   They Better Or Else 20:00  |  Baruch Gold 30/12/08
  9.   stooges 20:14  |  frenz 30/12/08
  10.   Iran comes out of all this in a win-win situation 20:16  |  na 30/12/08
  11.   Jews wearing islamic headscarves, kind of sickening 20:20  |  Hannah 30/12/08
  12.   Dovy, you seem to have Zionists confused with Islamists 20:22  |  Hannah 30/12/08
  13.   They are to be pitied 20:22  |  Sanders 30/12/08
  14.   i love you israel 21:02  |  farhad 30/12/08
  15.   plop!! 21:03  |  sharon 30/12/08
  16.   possible... 21:08  |  just a thought 30/12/08
  17.   Iran Iran 21:09  |  Jerome 30/12/08
  18.   This is bullsh*t, Iranian Jews being held hostage and threatened. 21:10  |  Joe 30/12/08
  19.   Pitty Jews in Iran 21:11  |  ElduKay 30/12/08
  20.   Hannah--Palestinians aren`t accountable either 21:18  |  Kim 30/12/08
  21.   It is only the regime 21:22  |  Erik 30/12/08
  22.   Iranian Jews 21:27  |  AM 30/12/08
  23.   To Hannah 21:28  |  Javad 30/12/08
  24.   Many of you can`t read, can you? 21:35  |  Carl 30/12/08
  25.   Jerome: have you been in Iran? 21:40  |  sharon 30/12/08
  26.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 21:40  |  IRAN#1 30/12/08
  27.   #10 na, very refreshing and clever post 21:43  |  Mark B. 30/12/08
  28.   Palestinians in Isreal must toe the line but Jews in Iran 21:45  |  Labhras 30/12/08
  29.   iran jews 21:46  |  dave 30/12/08
  30.   Jews against the slaughter 21:50  |  Janice 30/12/08
  31.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 21:52  |  Jane 30/12/08
  32.   #9 21:53  |  Jane 30/12/08
  33.   Iranian puppets 21:55  |  observer 30/12/08
  34.   Dovy, Javad: A very simple scientific test 21:56  |  Eldar 30/12/08
  35.   To Hannah # 11 - Jews of Iran 22:02  |  Josephus 30/12/08
  36.   Just look at the pictures 22:11  |  Jackie 30/12/08
  37.   Hannah #11 22:13  |  Maria 30/12/08
  38.   Child abuse 22:23  |  Zal 30/12/08
  39.   KIM Listen up 22:27  |  fiona 30/12/08
  40.   Iranian Jews Stage Officially Allowed Rally Against Regime .. 22:28  |  Lavi 30/12/08
  41.   Dhimmi-witted protestors! 22:32  |  Phil. T. Lucre 30/12/08
  42.   Iran Jews stage pro-Palestinian 22:35  |  Ralph 30/12/08
  43.   They were probably forced 22:40  |  Terry 30/12/08
  44.   Javed #23 Last drop of blood?????? 22:43  |  Sanders 30/12/08
  45.   Don`t worry, American Jews aren`t traitors 23:01  |  Yosef Steinberg 30/12/08
  46.   Iranian Jews Must dress like Muslims very sad 23:02  |  Haim 30/12/08
  47.   Using children??? 23:05  |  David G 30/12/08
  48.   Showing loyalty to Iran: something we wish Israeli Arabs showed 23:06  |  Alicia 30/12/08
  49.   #14 Farhad 23:14  |  Poco Loco 30/12/08
  50.   Iran`s Jews: Captives or Quislings? 23:15  |  Eric 30/12/08
  51.   Yeah, Hannah, I noticed those headscarves too. 23:27  |  Raymond in DC 30/12/08
  52.   They are forced to protest like in Arab countries 23:29  |  EgyptJewRefugee 30/12/08
  53.   Children 23:31  |  Steve 30/12/08
  54.   Poor girls are even dressed as muslims 23:32  |  ricardo levy 30/12/08
  55.   #22 Go dream that they believe what they say 23:33  |  Massouda 30/12/08
  56.   headscarves 23:40  |  carla 30/12/08
  57.   headscarves 00:16  |  Charlotte 31/12/08
  58.   Jew under Stalin were forced to do the same 00:34  |  TOMY 31/12/08
  59.   Kim # 20 00:39  |  ChanahS 31/12/08
  60.   to #22 &23 Iranian jews are all zionist 01:03  |  farhad 31/12/08
  61.   To # 43 Ricardo 01:49  |  Michael J 31/12/08
  62.   Dovy: Your Nuts & Have The World Upside Down 03:14  |  Brad 31/12/08
  63.   Well done, Haaretz! 05:02  |  Mark Marshall 31/12/08
  64.   Egalitarian Israel, my ass... 10:13  |  Euro-Diaspora 4-ever 31/12/08
  65.   Freedom of speech in islamic countries for JEWS .. 11:27  |  D. COHEN 31/12/08
  66.   For Raymond # 40 11:39  |  Clickfool 31/12/08
  67.   Iranian Jews 12:16  |  Keith T. 31/12/08
  68.   Why don`t they leave with all Israel has to offer?! 12:18  |  MEHRNAZ SHAHABI 31/12/08
  69.   If their lives are so miserable 12:21  |  Maria 31/12/08
  70.   What a miserable life for them, slaves to Iran 13:08  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 31/12/08
  71.   Theologically, Israel has no right to exist. 13:21  |  Bob the Brit 31/12/08
  72.   A temple and a group are not yet a state 13:57  |  Fritz T. 31/12/08
  73.   Could anyone imagine the outrage if Israeli Arabs were forced to 14:56  |  Jacob Blues 31/12/08
  74.   #68 - Mehranz Shahabi 14:56  |  MichaelF 31/12/08
  75.   They don`t look too enthusiastic 14:59  |  MichaelF 31/12/08
  76.   #71 Bob: on what grounds? 15:03  |  Alicia 31/12/08
  77.   Don`t like the truth 15:21  |  AM 31/12/08
  78.   For MichaelF, spinning something out of nothing # 75 15:26  |  Clickfool 31/12/08
  79.   No one forces Dutch Jews to protest 15:32  |  John 31/12/08
  80.   to #4 I love Iranian jews 15:45  |  fabfab 31/12/08
  81.   Teresenstadt-Iran 15:47  |  Fred S. 31/12/08
  82.   Bob- theologically y would Jews care what Christians have to say? 15:47  |  David 31/12/08
  83.   I did not know Jewish girls wear head scarfs!!!! 16:02  |  arthur 31/12/08
  84.   No, you definitely cannot read 16:04  |  BG 31/12/08
  85.   Iran Jews 16:07  |  David 31/12/08
  86.   #78 Clicky...and they are just little kids 16:09  |  Lynn 31/12/08
  87.   Kudos to these people 16:10  |  Roo 31/12/08
  88.   Kudos to these people 16:10  |  Roo 31/12/08
  89.   lets find out 16:11  |  marbpl 31/12/08
  90.   #79 John of the Netherlands.....it seems your gov has had too 16:13  |  Lynn 31/12/08
  91.   #71 Bob...the Jews don`t want the UK 16:15  |  Lynn 31/12/08
  92.   #24 Carl 16:48  |  in der Tat 31/12/08
  93.   #78 - Clickfool 16:58  |  MichaelF 31/12/08
  94.   #60 farhad , Every Jew is a Zionist , if he is a Jew 17:00  |  TOMY 31/12/08
  95.   Bob the Brit hits nail on head 17:06  |  Blackpool Rock 31/12/08
  96.   MichaelF in MD re Keith T & Mehrnaz 17:14  |  Persian Kitty 31/12/08
  97.   Arthur in Israel 17:24  |  Persian Kitty 31/12/08
  98.   Yosef Steinberg 17:33  |  Persian Kitty 31/12/08
  99.   ricardo levy-#54 they dress in similar fashion 17:53  |  Roo 31/12/08
  100.   An Iranian Jew`s View 18:04  |  Zal 31/12/08
  101.   # 51 18:16  |  David 31/12/08
  102.   Maybe Its Time For The Remaining Few Iranian Jews to Come Home 18:18  |  J Narod 31/12/08
  103.   Persian Kitty #96 18:37  |  Roo 31/12/08
  104.   @#72 Reading Assignment! 18:57  |  Onthewall 31/12/08
  105.   Jewish girls FORCED to wear headscarfs!!! 18:57  |  Dina 31/12/08
  106.   Roo 19:06  |  Persian Kitty 31/12/08
  107.   #73 Jacob blues...she spoke up at the UN 19:08  |  Lynn 31/12/08
  108.   to Labhras#28 19:27  |  Ilya 31/12/08
  109.   Reminds me of an old joke 20:15  |  Joey 31/12/08
  110.   Iranian Jewish Community 20:24  |  Itzhak 31/12/08
  111.   POOR IRANIAN JEWS, AS 20:36  |  Robert 31/12/08
  112.   There is not such thing of a jew that supports Israel in Iran 21:05  |  zionist forever 31/12/08
  113.   To paraphrase the Great American Satirist 21:07  |  Norm 31/12/08
  114.   Jews wearing headscarves 22:44  |  avi 31/12/08
  115.   It is obviously a staged demo, but ... 22:54  |  Reuben A`aron 31/12/08
  116.   Dina in Florida 23:53  |  Persian Kitty 31/12/08
  117.   Jews of conscience should follow their example... 23:54  |  Dutch 31/12/08
  118.   # 666 Clickfool 00:22  |  The Teacher/Instruct 01/01/09
  119.   #28 Labhras 00:33  |  Moshe 01/01/09
  120.   My Polish Jewish grandmother Z"L wore a headscarf 00:39  |  Polishen Yidl 01/01/09
  121.   From an Iranian newspaper: 01:30  |  Rob 01/01/09
  122.   Persian Kitty 02:01  |  Iranian ex-pat 01/01/09
  123.   One more on anti-Semitism 02:56  |  B.BarNavi 01/01/09
  124.   But Persian Kitty - that`s different! 03:29  |  Mark Lincoln 01/01/09
  125.   Jewish girls FORCED to wear headscarfs!!! 03:33  |  Mark Lincoln 01/01/09
  126.   Kind of comic 03:43  |  Colin Wright 01/01/09
  127.   125 M. Lincoln Are you serious? Or just disingenuous? 05:34  |  Rob 01/01/09
  128.   Why did they elect these Hamas terrorists in the first place? 06:32  |  don muntean 01/01/09
  129.   #120 Polisher Yid 15:00  |  Moshe 01/01/09
  130.   Free jewish children, dressed in hijabs 16:42  |  Yerushalmi 01/01/09
  131.   Help them out!?... In your dreams 18:18  |  Hamed 01/01/09
  132.   #100. From one Iranian to another 19:13  |  Arash 01/01/09
  133.   Persian Jews 19:13  |  Moshe ben Aluf 01/01/09
  134.   Iranian Ex-Pat 20:18  |  Persian Kitty 01/01/09
  135.   Behind the curtains 00:28  |  Ananymos 02/01/09
  136.   `Ananyms` 04:48  |  Persian Kitty 02/01/09
  137.   Right, honest, logical: Peace obviates all conflicts for Israel 11:20  |  Ivar 02/01/09
  138.   They are modern-day Marranos ? 18:58  |  Not Dan 03/01/09
  139.   Baruch Gold 8 # wrote... 11:40  |  Amir 17/02/09
  140.   #38 No, child abuse is the IDF dropping bombs on Gazan babies. 23:20  |  mary 17/05/09
  141.   Head scarves look better than those tacky wigs 23:22  |  Phyllis Diller 17/05/09
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