History of the Jews in Iran
The Jewish community in Iran is among oldest of the world; its members go down from the Juifs which remained in the area after the Exil in Babylon, when the sovereigns Achéménides of the first Persian empire allowed the Jews to turn over to Jerusalem.
One estimates at 50.000 the number of Jews present today in Iran, whereas they were 85.000 in 1978. During centuries, the Jews of Iran became physically, culturally and linguistically indifférenciables not-Jewish populations. The very large majority of the Jews in Iran have the Persan for native tongue and a very small minority speaks the Kurdish . The Jews are mainly installed in the urban areas. In the years 1970, they were concentrated with Teheran, with smaller communities with Shiraz, Isfahan, Hamedan and Kashan and elsewhere.
Until the 20th century, the Jews were confined in their own districts. In general, they were a poor minority, their occupations were restricted with wear, and work with the noble metals. Since the years 1920, the Jews had greater social mobility appropriatenesses and economic. They received assistance of many international Jewish communities, which allowed to introduce electricity and running water into the Jewish districts. The Jews have, since the beginning of the era Pahlavi, gained importance in the Bazar S of Teheran and other cities, and could reach after the Second world war liberal professions, in particular pharmacy and medicine.
The constitution of 1979 recognizes the Jews like a religious minority and grants to them a seat reserved with the Parlement: it is today Maurice Motamed which occupies this station. Like the Christian , the Jews were not persecuted. However, contrary to the Christians, they were always looked with suspicion by the government of the Islamic Republic, probably because the government is intensely hostile in the State of Israel.
Many Iranian Jews have of the family in Israel and continue to have contacts with them. For example, Moshe Katsav, president of the State of Israel, are originating in Yazd and approximately 45.000 Iranian Jews emigrated in Israel between 1945 and 1977. Since 1979, some situations were noted in which the Iranian government shows Jews of espionage and in even made carry out some
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