Iran's Jews - Shalom Salaam - Dateline ABC Australia 16/05/07
The fiercely Islamic Republic of Iran, next door to Iraq, is probably the last place you would expect to find a community of Jews openly practising their religion. Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is, after all, one of the world's most vocal Holocaust deniers. His vehement foreign policy is that Israel has no right whatsoever to exist. That said, Iran's Jewish community happens to be the largest in the Middle East, outside of Israel itself, that is. On assignment recently in Tehran, reporter Bronwyn Adcock found herself at a gathering of the devout in a city synagogue.Tags: Iranian Jews Jewish community Tehran Islamic Republic Iran Judaism Islam Mahmoud Ahmadinejad State Israel |
