After weeks of internet shutdowns throughout Iran, sources close to the Jewish kehilla in the country told Kan News on Tuesday that several Jews were detained on suspicion of involvement in the protests against the regime.
The Jewish kehilla has denied any connection to the protests and claimed the arrests were a mistake. Community leaders hope they will be released soon, and efforts are being made on the matter.
In recent days, Israeli media outlets reported that five Jews had been killed during the crackdown on the protests. However, the sources who spoke with Kan said that to the best of their knowledge, no Jews have been killed or wounded. Jews have tried to stay away from protest areas and demonstrate full loyalty to the regime.
According to the report, the Jewish community is trying to maintain its way of life, with tefillos and shiurim ongoing, shuls remaining open, and studies in schools continuing as usual. At the same time, representatives of Iran’s minorities, including the Jewish representative in the Iranian parliament, Homayoun Sameh, published a statement supporting the regime and expressing opposition to Israel and the US.
Iran International reported on Tuesday that the latest estimate from the Islamic Republic is that regime forces killed 36,500 people in just two days of protests, and that number is not final.
Iranian human rights organizations reported that Iranian state television has broadcast an unprecedented number of at least 240 forced confessions by protesters arrested during the latest wave of demonstrations.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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Why are these Jews living there. Where are the kol koreh to get out of danger. Is it only long wigs and not shaving ladies heads that deserve bais dins warnings.
The fairytale that Muslims always lived in peace with Jews until the Zionists arrived on the scene is just a fairytale. They are barbarians.
As I commented earlier, Channel 14 in Israel is not a reputable or reliable source of news. Time and time again they have been proven to lie, spin and obfuscate. They are basically a propaganda arm of the Religious Zionist Kahanist Pro Ben Gvir and Smotrich camp. (About 8% of the population of Israel now).
One of the reasons I have been against a Full Scale War and/or Regime Change in Iran is that there is a very real danger if that happened, that some or all of the 12,000 Jews inside Iran may be accused of helping the outside forces by Iranian Muslims incensed by the attack on their country. The community may consequently suffer a terrible purge. Their position is a real microcosm now. How do you spell “Canary in Coalmine” in Farsi?
If my counsel is heeded now on the Iran-West/USA/Israel Imbroglio, in the coming years Jews in Iran will continue to live there and they will be able travel for visits to the Holy Land in peace. The same dynamic in reverse will happen for Jews in the Holy Land who want to travel to Iran. I actually think by 2035 you will see at least double the amount of Jews living in Iran than now in 2026, and that increase will not be due to natural growth through births. i.e. Many Jews will return to live and work inside Iran.
(The Messianic model/paradigm sees Jews living in as many of the 195 nations of the World as possible, including Iran. Good Jews as managers, administrators, entrepreneurs, teachers, healers, workers etc. “A Light unto the Nations”. The divinely mandated plan does not mean that all 15 million Jews must make “Aliyah” and live in Israel/The Holy Land. Of course Jerusalem will be HQ.)
Visualize this:
By 1/1/2030 it will be possible to drive in peace and security from Jerusalem > Tiberias > The Golan > Damascus > Jobar > Idlib > Ain Dara > Aleppo > Palmyra > Mosul > Baghdad > Tehran. In an A/C car, preferably in Spring or Autumn. 😎
@Flatbush yid
U r so stupid
Adam Neira again!
With the dreams of emptiness.
You are not a prophet/ messiah or a worthy counsel.
And the “divinely mandated” plan should be based on Torah. Not your stupidity.
The Torah is very clear about Israel living in the Land of Cannan. Doesn’t say anything about ” living in as many of the 195 countras possible “. It’s a nice kabalistic idea, but not Torah (Nach is not Torah either).
I personally live in the USA, but that’s besides the fact.
Ben Gevir for prime minister.
@Adam Neira
“The divinely mandated plan does not mean that all 15 million Jews must make “Aliyah” and live in Israel/The Holy Land.”
but then they wont have a place to daven since all the shuls will be making aliya, like it says in the end of messeches megila
Flatbush Yid – It isn’t so simple to leave Iran if you are Jewish, because the government is paranoid about Jews being ‘spies’ or wanting to go to Israel. Especially if you leave relatives behind who could suffer by being suspected of being ‘spies’ or ‘co-conspirators’ because of their connection to you.