georgephillip
Diamond Member
The largest Jewish population in the Middle East outside of Israel lives in Iran. Some 25,000 Jews are free to practice their religion and vote in elections.
"Iranian Jews live in dignity and enjoy the benefits of citizenship."
It should go without saying Iranian elections are far from free and any benefits of citizenship in a theocracy can never rival those found in Nordic countries, for example.
However a majority of Jews in Iran voted for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the recent (and totally suspect) presidential election.
A recent BBC article contained this excerpt:
"(Ahmadinejad's) office recently donated money for Tehran's Jewish hospital. It is one of only four Jewish charity hospitals worldwide and is funded with money from the Jewish diaspora - something remarkable in Iran where even local aid organizations have difficulty receiving funds from abroad for fear of being accused of being foreign agents."
Why Iran's Jews...
"Iranian Jews live in dignity and enjoy the benefits of citizenship."
It should go without saying Iranian elections are far from free and any benefits of citizenship in a theocracy can never rival those found in Nordic countries, for example.
However a majority of Jews in Iran voted for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the recent (and totally suspect) presidential election.
A recent BBC article contained this excerpt:
"(Ahmadinejad's) office recently donated money for Tehran's Jewish hospital. It is one of only four Jewish charity hospitals worldwide and is funded with money from the Jewish diaspora - something remarkable in Iran where even local aid organizations have difficulty receiving funds from abroad for fear of being accused of being foreign agents."
Why Iran's Jews...