Iranian jews

Iran-born Ellie Cohanim joins US UN Mission as senior policy advisor, UN ambassador announces

Cohanim has been a longtime anti-regime advocate, and has also used her platforms to spread awareness about the global rise in antisemitism.

Newly appointed  Senior Policy Advisor at the US Mission to the United Nations Ellie Cohanim with US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz.
Iranian Jews attend a mourning ceremony for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at Yousef Abad Synagogue in Tehran, Iran, April 16, 2026.

Leader of Iran's Jewish community pledges allegiance to Mojtaba Khamenei

A woman walks next to an anti-Israeli mural on a street after US President Donald Trump said that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2026.

Trump must consider terms for Iranian people in potential deal, expert warns - interview

A reported photo of the damage to the  Rafi Niya Synagogue as the result of a strike in Tehran.

Tehran synagogue damaged by missile strike according to Iranian media reports


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

El Chapo wears Jewish fashion designers, and you can too

This was an incredible stroke of luck for two Iranian-Jewish brothers in Los Angeles.

The Barbaras advertisement

Jewish MP in Iran decries ‘destruction of mosques in the Muslim World’

It is unclear if Siamak Moreh Sedgh, who holds a parliamentary seat reserved for a representative of the country’s Jews, was referring to al-Aksa mosque or the deadly crane crash incident in Mecca.

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

The presence of absence

The painful secrets of a wealthy family of Persian Jews in early 20th-century Iran are the focus of a new novel.

Parnaz Foroutan