As an Iranian I don't care whether my neighbour, colleague, classmate or friend is jewish, muslim, christian, atheist, gay, bisexual or anything else. From the spiritual point of view Humanity comes before everything and from the Iranian thousands of years old Identity that is deeply rooted in our culture, Iranian Nationality always comes before anything else. You are my compatriot, then you are my ally for life. PERIOD.
Jews (more specifically Judeans) were dragged into exile as slaves by the Babylonians, not the Persians. Cyrus conquered Babylonia, freed them, and allowed them to return to Israel. Unlike most Ancient societies Persia didn't practice slavery.
@@mikeg2306 Now After 2500 it is Jews who Ironically driven Palestinians out of their and sending several Millions in to exile since 1947. Again Iran will restore the people who were victimized by Tyrant back to their land and liberate Palestinians from their Bondage in Gaza.
Iam a Iranian Jew who lives in Iran , I can answer this question .. we’ve lived here for over 2500 years and we are Persian Jews .. we don’t in anyway feel prejudiced against or have to live in fear like the western media portrays .. we live , we freely practice our religion and dress as Jews and are an important party of Iran society. Iran is against Zionism and it’s crimes against humanity as a lot of Jews outside of Brooklyn or Israel are. Again we are safer in Iran than Israel or Europe.
@ why the hell do I need to lie lol Iam sorry if facts contradict your biased narrative lol I would persecuted anywhere else in the Middle East and even some European countries , after Israel , Iran is the safest place for Jews , we freely practice our religion and live peacefully among Muslims and Armenians .. sorry to disappoint
As an Iranian American, we are all natural philosemites, Jews have existed in our families for over 2,000 years and we have no reason to hate any of them, why would we? Iran is a diverse country, it’s difficult to single out anyone group for something because we are so diverse and that’s what makes us amazing.
Spending time on the internet during this war, it seems to me that Iranians and Lebanese are more likely to be critical of their governments, proud of their country, and open to peace and on top of that being willing to talk to Jews. It's honestly really ❤ warming.
@@raymux7118 I have noticed that as well. Nice to know that the radical religious types that control Iran aren’t actually representative of all Iranians
As a persian we don't have any conflict with jews and infact i have a jew friend. Our problem is with Zionists and their belief of destroying Palestine.
@@shadowhunter1968sadly for you. Just because the other people is Jewish you don’t wanna talk?? Do you know how that is stup1d, ridiculous and nonsense??
Absolutely Iranian people are Secular and liberal only this regime is behaving like radicals otherwise Iranian society is progressive .Same Turkish also I believe regime is learning from Sunnis radicals
@@jasmineabdulla5719 Iran has been the promised land for the Jews for more than 4000 years and will remain to be the promised land for the Jews. God bless Iran, God bless the Jews, and hell with the genocidal cesspool of Israhell.
Do you have any source for this? Every newcomer gets money to be able to rent an apartment for 6 months while learning Hebrew. Were Iranians offered more? In any case, the vast majority of Iranian Jews have moved to Israel. According to wikipedia, 200k-250k live in Israel, 60k-80k in the US and less than 10k in Iran.
Many Iranian Jews left iran after the revolution just like any other non-Jewish Iranian left the country. The main reason was economic. We all know that even in today’s iran being Jewish is not a crime. Iranians love all other minorities, doesn’t matter what their religion is.
He did not change the country's name. Persians are Iranians. The name Iran can be found in Avesta. It is as old as Zoroastrianism and even older. Pars is a part of Iran, not all of Iran.
@@JamieHaDov Arabs/Palestinians/Lebanese are called Turks in most of South America because at the time of arrival, they came from the Ottoman Empire. Likewise, most Persians in US/Canada were from *Persia* at the time.
@@JamieHaDovI don't know for sure, but I've heard that it is to distance themselves from the Islamic Republic of Iran (even though the name Iran was already being used during the times of the monarchy) and to be more nationalistic, identifying with the Persian ethnicity instead of the Iranian multiethnic state (it all sounds very silly, but Iranian expats [at least the politically engaged ones in the internet] are one of the silliest people of the entire world)
An Iranian Jew invited me to have Passover with his family. Everyone was very helpful and they guided me back to my childhood when I had Passover with my own family. They were devout and their son dressed as a Chassid. I will never forget the kindness they showed me, and the beauty of a culture I had left behind many years before.
As a non-Jewish iranian, I want to say thank you for making this video. We will soon reunite with our brothers and sisters in Israel soon, after the fall of this regime. ❤️🤍💚🇮🇱
Brothers and sisters😂🤣Keep fooling ur selves.They can't be loyal to their neighbours and you thinking they would embarrass you. Keep fooling ur selves Sun worshipper. One thing Jews hate are idol worshipper and polytheists😂
@@murgiii9556 Remember when the Jews were taken to Babylon and freed by Cyrus the Great of Persia, whom many Jews thought was the Messiah? That was over 2,500 years ago.
@@murgiii9556Iranians were one of the ancestors of the canaanites. We predate Sumer and the land where Abraham was born in was ours. Learn about Jiroft and Elam.
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It wasn't the Persians that dragged the Jews to that part of the Mesopotamia-- it was the (neo)-Babylonians, who deported the Jews from Jerusalem to Babylon (Iraq). The Persians conquered Babylon, and allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and re-establish a Jewish kingdom/province.
Exactly . He posted wrong information . It was Babyloinan king invaded Egypt and kingdom of Judea nad dwstroyed their temple and captured them as slaves
@@Shahpoorsasani6798 I think a lot of countries have a pattern of blaming big countries for their history and not taking responsibility for their own history. When the USA was very young, Britain and France meddled very hard, but we eventually took control of our own history. I think Iran needs to own its own history. yes, in the 1900's, Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Turkey?, all tried to influence Iran. But by now, Iran's current government is the responsibility of the people of Iran.
The regime of Iran doesn't consider Christians or Jews as enemies....they don't won't any foreigners interrupting...Muslims and Jews have lived together for long.
Iran is constantly interfering around the world, literally supplying money and arms to murderers, giving weapons to pirates who attack trade routes, conducting cyber attacks on Western democracies, and then playing dumb like "What did we do? We're the victim in all this" Yeah the Jews have "lived together" under a hostile regime. The population of Jews in Iran has plummeted since the Islamic Revolution, it is only like a 10th of what it was prior to 1979. Previously, Jews had no legal restrictions on them under the Shah. They had legal protections. Since the Islamic regime has come into power, the same thing has happened that's happened every time an Islamic regime comes to power: Life becomes hell for the Jews. Jewish schools are run by muslims hand-picked by the regime, visiting Israel is straight up illegal, the Iranians desecrate ancient holy sites like the tomb of Esther with 0 consequences, Jews are afraid to ever say anything about any of this because they could be imprisoned or worse. It's a holocaust-denying regime so their thoughts about Jews are pretty obvious.
The real reason is that Iran is a civilised nation. The real reason Jews in Iran live there is because they have always been a respected part of the community. You ask Jewish dissidents in the US or U.K. they always side with Israel, ask any Jew who actually lives in Iran, they see themselves as proud Iranians. This video is BS.
Israel was created to keep European jews away from Europe, that's why they created this country to keep their garbage away from them, its not the case with Iranian Jews
If you watched the video than you would know that the creator acknowledges that for most of its history Jews were treated decently and as some points very well. But you are willingly choosing to turn a blind eye to history if you ignore persecution that Jews were victim to in the middle east. Thankfully Iran is very diverse and tolerant to minorities, however just like every genocide, tolerance quickly diminishes when the majority look for a scapegoat. The 10% of Iranian Jews that chose to remain in Iran are protected due to their loyalty to Iran. Most Jews prefer to remain loyal to their people instead of the countries that they reside in. And who is to say that Iran would be as tolerant of Jews if they numbered 400,000 instead of 10,000.
Iranian jew here, Yes during the first years of revolution Jews were not having it that easy... neither did literally anyone. It was a newly established unstable regime that was cracking down on all potential dissidents, be it Jews, Christian, zoroastrians, sunnis, seculars anyone a bit critical. All the way to the early 2000s the regime was uncertain and cracked down regularly. Today however people are living quite the normal lives. There's no whips, no random detention and definitely no coming out of nazi detention centers as this video suggests. Zionism is illegal though. It's like nazism in the west. And the same way you are cooked when you are a supporter of hamas in Europe or in Israel you are cooked when you are a supporter of Israel in Iran... it makes a lot of sense when you think about it. It's pretty straightforward but it's not like Muslims in Israel have it different, if anything I'm pretty confident they have it worse as what I've seen they are highly looked down upon by Israeli society. Iranian society never looked down on Jewish people, the Muslim fundamentalists might have their reservations but frankly you never get treated differently for that. You hear some jokes about you being greedy but trust me Esfahanis have it much worse hahahah.
from a Sephardic jew: it's the Ashkenazi jews who look down on everyone, especially Jews who are not Ashkenazi. in Israel and anywhere else. Sephardic jews get along with Muslims as they are arab jews, and grew up in an arab culture.
This is the realest post here among a sea of misinformed people. The video frames Iran as being hostile against Jews. That is not the case, they are hostile against Israel which is majority Jewish. It does not necessarily mean they hate Jews. I wish people had the capacity to have a bit of nuance when looking at geopolitics.
I think Arab Israelis have it much better. There are quite a few prominent Arabs in Israel. The Israeli Arab population has grown 10 folds since the country’s formation in 1948. Iran, on the other hand, keeps losing its Jewish people to emigration. That tells a lot.
@@agostocobain2729 First let those indigenous ppl who lived in palestine for centuries get the right to return,no 🕊🕊 when currently settlers r residing in which was smeone else's land a 100years ago,stop colonialism
The real reason for the revolution was not wealth disparities but corruption. Many Iranians believed that Khomeini would address the corruption while maintaining the progress that had been made under the Shahs. They were wrong.
@@JamieHaDov Go there and you shall see... Iran is actually quite legally progressive. Women outnumber men in the Universities. There is law and order on the streets. Many social programs paid for by the government.
I already understood the purpose of this video... how he said that Reza Shah changed the name from Persia to Iran... we can see his evil intentions... just a little research would have sufficed for him to see that he only asked Europeans(who consider themselves as the whole world) to stop calling Iran something Persia, but to just use Iran!
Recently I came across a street demonstration where Iranians and Israelis mingled in support of each other. I was puzzled but now I understand. Thank you!
Iranians have a lot in common with us Jews and Israelis, beatiful history and culture and we all want to see a free Iran, the western word should care more too. Women Life Freedom. Zan Zendigi Azadi Am Yisrael Chai
Quite remarkable considering most other Islamic middle east countries ethnically cleaned their entire Jewish population. I live in hope that the Iranian people will be free of the evil islamist regime.
Had dinner with the Chief Rabbi of Iran 2 years ago. Eye opening experience to hear about Jewish Life in Iran and raises thought-provoking questions about the precariousness of life, especially life in exile.
Persian Jew here!❤ My great grandparents left with the wave of zionist aliyah in the 20s and 30s. They cane to Israel and prospered in our ancient homeland
My family lineage is of Zoroastrian and Hebrew, and I was born in Khuzestan. Although I chose Christianity, without Iran there would be no Abraham and no Israel. UR belonged to Iran as Iraq did not exist back then. Iran is older than Egypt and Jiroft outdates Mesopotamia. Iranians are also 1 of the ancestors of the Canaanites. Just because we do not agree with the current gov, does not mean Iran is less of value than Israel. Remember there is history prior to Israel.
What nonsense. Iran has tons of Jews. Always has. It was always called Iran. Persia was just a Western name. The main issue is Israel's foreign policy.
Dude you are amazing at this. I love your videos!! Thank you so much for these. I truly hope you get found by TV networks and can do more widely videos news /shows. Amazing work!!!!
This seems anti-iran biased.. mulitple times the speaker claims jews were punished just for being jews. Yet thousands of jews live there in peace, with their own schools, shops and rights. Something doesnt add up.
All Iranians, regardless of ethnicity and religion, their hearts beat for Iran. The existing problems will not put a distance between our hearts and we are still brothers and sisters.
“Iranian Jews have been inhabitants of Iran longer than any other group. They have lived in a diverse range of regions and forms of settlement-predominantly in cities, but also in nomadic communities. Historically, many Persian rulers, including figures from the Seljuk, Ilkhanid, and Safavid periods, either had Jewish ancestry or maintained close ties with the Jewish community. For example, Rashid al-Din Fazlollah, the vizier of Ghazan Khan, was a renowned Jewish figure who served as a scientist, physician, and perhaps the wealthiest landowner in Iranian history. His endowed estate, which extended from Yazd to Egypt, is documented in a monumental manuscript that still exists today. Additionally, about 30% of Qajar princes were of Jewish descent. A few clarifications: the Persians did not enslave the Jews; rather, Cyrus the Great liberated the Jewish people from captivity in Babylon. Furthermore, Queen Esther’s story comes after Cyrus, not before. Iran is home to many Jewish holy sites, such as the Shrine of Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan. Many of these sites are revered by both Muslims and Jews. I hope one day you’ll have the chance to visit!”
This is a very thoughtful piece. Makes one think that if Iran could make a society that integrated Jews and Muslims and Christians with equality that Israel can too. Be a state forever safe for Jewish people but also safe for others who have roots there.
did you miss it? he said that exiting the country was forbidden, and for a large community, "supporting" the ayatollah was a way to make those who didn't manage to flee survive under this totalitarian rule. you can now lowercase your caps
As I understood it from another podcasts, there are jewish communities who do not believe jews should have their own country. They are waiting for their messiah. These particular jewish communities were represented at the recent Iranian funeral cortege. I don't have the podcast reference. It was from memory a news channel showing the funeral a few months back.
As we speak, the IDF is working very hard at freeing the wonderful people of Iran from a theocratic regime that has oppressed them for far too long. Let’s pray that Rezah Pahlavi will soon be able to return Iran to its past glory and establish a long lasting peaceful collaboration with Israel.
Read about this: Operation AJAX 1952. USA and UK did this mainly because Iranian democracy government had nationalized Iranian oil. Also read about these: Lehi, Irgun, Haganah, Lavon Affair, Psykes Picot agreement, USS Liberty, Assasination of Folke Bernadotte and King David Hotel Bombing.
im Persian Armenian , im immigrant like rest of the people, i have had persian jew co worker, in los angeles they have high business profile in jewelry business and also Rug business special handmade rugs from iran.
I may be wrong, but it sounds like even during the bad times Jews were still treated markedly better in Persia than in most of the other countries that they lived in. But since I'm not from there I wouldn't really know for sure.
@@stephenfisher3721 Oh, I definitely know that it got bad at times. I am not saying that it was always so great for them in Persia. I am just saying in comparison to many of the other countries that Jews lived in it seems like it wasn't as bad. Like the Jews in most of the European countries as an example.
I mentioned that in your last video...Iranians consider Iranian Jews as Iranian first like the other faiths in Iran like Christians who immigrated to Iran not Long ago but all in all these people are |Iranian otherwise who is Iranian If not people living for thousands of years in Iran?
Yes because they are still Arabs they just practice different religions Israel is just a different country but I wonder how those people feel about the war
Iran is amazing and ancient. It's such a shame what Islamists have done to it. Iranian refugees are the first to stand up for the Jewish people. An indicator of their bravery. Women. life. Freedom.
then why his campaign of "vekalat midaham" only got less then half of million while only 5 millions Iranian live outside Iran and 92 millions live in Iran why when he called for rally in anniversary of Mahsa's death only 10 ppl showed up🤣
@@mansari7310 Because Twitter blocks accounts that use VPNs, which is the only way Iranians in Iran can access Twitter. I also wanted to join "vekalat midaham" but I couldn't because my Twitter account was blocked from posting anything.
Among minorities in Iran, Armenians is the most loyal group toward Iranians and they’ve had more influence over Iran society than others. Moreover, they have had more martyrs than other minority groups, but we have less media coverage than other minority groups. Any way, Long Live Armenia and Iran (eternal brothers).
This clip is not accurate. Cyrus fought and freed the Jews from Babylon ( today’s Iraq) not Iran. Jews came to Iran willingly after Cyrus freed them, they were not forced to come to iran. Queen Esther was married to Xeres ( Khashayar) who lived years after Cyrus. Please try not to deceive people.
I think it’s important to mention how Khomenei went to power. It was not his influence alone. He had made a coalition with the left, shared a specific anti-shah strategy forcing the shah and his family to flee, leading to the revolution. Then, once in power, he proceeded to execute all those who were his secular partners of the left because of course it didn’t fit the ideology he wanted to pursue, and he had only used them to gain power and control. It’s an important lesson to teach to all watching, because this unholy alliance is happening again globally in a similar way.
But dont forget about that Shah house arrested the democratically elected Iranian PM Mossaddique in 1953 , only because he nationalized Iranian petrol with majority parliament support. But Greedy Autocratic king Shah was appointed by West and he allowed British & CIA to interfere into his country and loot Iranian Oil for cheap prize for 25 years. He allowed to re-name " Anglo- Persian Petrol" as " British Petrol / BP "in his own country. He used SEVA force to arrest opponants and gave harsh punishments . Then Puppet Autocratic clown Shah was removed by same west when he had big ambitions and refused to renew petrol agreement . Same west sent Ayethullah Khomeini from France to remove Shah and to suppress growing Communist influences in the region. Then they created war between Iran & Iraq , sold weapons both sides. They sold Chemical weapons to test on Iranians. Its funny some people think these greedy western warmongers Love democracy and freedom 😂.
You missed a bit out lad. The 1954 American and British backed coup that overthrew the elected government and brought in the Shah, whom you lionise, but who was in fact a dictatpr.
Can you tell which elected government? Because as far as it is mentioned in the books and documents, etc. and you probably know that the chosen one means that he was chosen by the people. But in the constitutional law The prime minister is chosen by the king and the king also has the right to remove the prime minister from his position in certain cases. Mossadegh's cabinet in the same way.
As a Lebanese it pains me what happened to Iran if the shah didn’t make so many mistakes like holding overly lavish parties and being too soft the whole middle east would be a better place
Those parties were for maintaining public relations. But the people didn’t understand politics due to lack of knowledge and information. It’s sad what happened to Iran but hopefully his son the Crown Prince can restore Iran and the Middle East again.
Israel gave incentives for the Iranian Jews to migrate to Israel, and the Iranian Jews refused to leave Iran. There is no restriction for anyone to leave Iran. What you hear from the Zionists is pure lies.
Bro twisted alot of the story for benefits of Israel. First of all Iran has problem with Zionism and not jews. Personally i have alot of jew friends in Iran and they hate Israel too. Because Zionism and jew are two diffrent things. We all respect jews. Second thing is that you tried to sanction the fact that esther and mordkhy applied that genecide on persian people.
If USA and UK had not carried out Operation AJAX 1952 that destroyed Iranian democracy since they nationalized oil, and installed a brutal puppet dictator, none of this would have happened.
This is exactly what I was about to comment, but you beat me to it! I haven't been well over the last week and I've been going through a lot of the videos and have found out so much about Jewish and Israeli culture and history that I had never thought of before. More people in my country need to watch this channel...
This is a propaganda channel that praised a literal autocratic dictator (the Shah) and never once mentioned how he and the west overthrew the only real democracy in Iran.
Yes, is the one stop shop for spreading propagand that aids Zionists. Read about these things man: Operation AJAX 1952, Psykes Picot agreement 1918, Lavon Affair, Lehi, Irgun, Haganah, USS Liberty, Assasination of Folke Bernadotte, King David Hotel Bombing. Learn some real history.
Thanks to the Ayatollah regime (not cowardly and corrupt neighboring Arab governments), Christian and Muslim Palestinians will soon live in peace and their own sovereignty again.
Iranian Zoroastrian here. Iran is not a Muslim country, and Iranians aren’t Muslims. We’re atheists, Zoroastrians, and Christians. And we respect Jews as our friends and acknowledge Iranian Jews as our brothers, we have no ill will against the Jewish people, they have done so much for us. 🇮🇷 ❤️ 🇮🇱
You can't pretend Iran's Muslim population doesn't exist. Iran's Islamic state in the past 46 years has been horrible but that can't and shouldn't erase the fact that a fairly big part of Iran's art, literature and culture in the past 14 centuries have been inspired by Islam too. A lot of our architecture, many of our poets' faith expressed in our literature etc contain Islam and Islamic teachings whether we like it or not. It's also true that Iranian identity is not limited to Islam and its Islamic era. Most Iranians still carry a lot of the culture and spirit of their pre-Islamic roots (such as Zoroastrianism) in their minds and hearts. Those who try to erase or minimize the pre-Islamic identity, history and culture of Iranians are as ignorant as those who try to do the same to the history, literature and culture of post-Islamic Iran.
@@bluemiracle5131 Nothing is borrowed from Islam, Islamic art and architecture are borrowed from ancient Iran and other civilizations in the Middle East.
@@rubyatahabib3618 Iran doesnt care what religion you practise, just google how many synagogues there are in Tehran alone. Persia was the same. Ester was not jewish she was from the Tribe of Benjamin. The video has too many fallacious nonsense for me to go point for point against, so i called it nonsense in all.
I really love your channel. My Family are Jews that left Poland after the war. Before the internet, all I knew about us came from oral Family history, and the Tanach
@@centerfiresuppressionllc682 I lived more than half my life before the Internet. We had TV, radio, and movies. Most importantly we had books. As far as I know books still exist. Books have a lot of information.
my parents were smuggled out, and the guards would be shooting at them as they left in a pickup, my older brother remembers just riding his bike one day when his mother grabbed his hand, put him in the truck and they fled, leaving everything behind. with nothing but a suitcase
I'm sorry for the horrible experiences that you and your family faced because of my Iranian people. May you find the Messiah of Jews in the promised land. I will pray that Yeshua saves you and all your family into His glorious Kingdom. Amen Am Yisrael chai
lies. In reality, Iranian Jews are unique among Iranians in that they are permitted to travel to Israel, primarily because they have relatives there. Remarkably, the Iranian Jewish community is the only Jewish community worldwide that does not require an armed guard at their synagogues to guard against potential hate crimes. This is because not a single hate crime has occurred in Iran against Jews, Christians, or Zoroastrians. Interestingly, one could argue they have more rights, as they are allowed to consume wine and alcoholic beverages, which are illegal for Muslim Iranians. Furthermore, Iran is the only nation that guarantees permanent parliamentary seats for its minorities, such as Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians, to ensure their voices are heard. Unlike other countries, where they must compete with candidates from majority backgrounds, diminishing their election chances, in Iran, Jews exclusively vote for their representative. For additional seats, they compete on an equal playing field. Another advantage of having a minority seat is that whoever is elected works solely for the community's welfare. In contrast, elsewhere, even when a minority candidate is elected, they represent a city rather than their community. This highlights that Persians genuinely care about human rights, a Persian invention, unlike Westerners who use human rights as propaganda against adversaries. Recent events have exposed their lack of genuine concern for human rights. Religious freedom, also a Persian innovation dating back 2,500 years to Cyrus the Great, is deeply embedded in Persian DNA. For Iranians, there is no distinction between Iranian Jews or Muslims; they are all Iranian. This mindset among Iranians, which ensured that Jews were never discriminated against, is why that Jewish Iranian turned down the $60,000 each offered by Israel as a bribe to any Iranian Jew willing to seek refuge in the US or Israel, stating that their Iranian identity is not for sale. Israel's public attempts to bribe them to leave Iran contradict its claims that Iranians wish to harm Jews worldwide. The fact that Jews not only live in Iran but enjoy privileges unavailable elsewhere demonstrates that Iran is anti-Zionist, not anti-Jewish. Don't just take my word for it, as I might be a pathological liar like the person who made the video or wrote the comment I’m responding to. Instead, read articles from Iran's adversaries, such as British news outlet The Guardian or American news source USA Today. Since I can't post links in TH-cam comments, you can search for their articles by title, which I will quote verbatim in quotations. don't take my words for it because it is possible that I'm a patelogical lair like the guy made this video and who wrote comment I'm replying to but you can read articles written by Iran's enemies like British news THE GUARDIAN or American news USA TODAY since I cant put the link in YT comments you can google their article's title which i going to quote word by word in quotations 1- USA TODAY "Iran's Jewish community is the largest in the Mideast outside 2- THE GUARDIAN "Iran's Jews reject cash offer to move to Israel" 3- PBS NEWS "Despite tension between Iran and Israel, Iran'sJewish minority feels at home" 4- NPR "Iran's Jews: It's Our Home And We Plan To Stay" 5- GERMAN NEWS DW "Jewish life in Iran 'better than in Europe" 6- AMERICAN CNN "Iran's Jewish community in Esfahan: We 'feel at home'
It is not changed. People inside Iran can't wait to go back on track of progress the same way the country was back in Shah's regime, they understood a whole lot of things went wrong during that disastrous revolution of 1979 and hopefully they will restore things first chance they get. People inside Iran are still the same friendly and lovely people now even more aware of their non-religious Persian roots and "Nationalism" is growing faster than before. PS, Netanyahu's popularity is greater inside Iran than inside Israel some say ... Yes, read it again !
@@thumbsup7828 we have not changed.. the problem were USA with The Democratic Party in power left us alone with left and Islamic oriented idiots supported by Sovjet🥲🥲
Iraqi here: Muslim, grew up around Jewish people back home and now in America. I love my Jewish, Christian & Muslim brothers and sisters. The Iraqi questions that I grew up with even taught me Assyrian that I still use today. I am 100% unequivocally against Israel, though.
Now adays Iranian people are much more open minded than 1979, but our government is so corrupted in many ways. Today the jews feel much better in Persia, cause the last thing persian/Iranians would consider of someone is the religion. Hope Iran goes back to its glorious days like in 1970s, our generation younghood (born after revolution) was burnt and destroyed hope the future generation experience something better, something like 70s. good economy, very low unemployement, freedom of life style, and everything was getting better and better until......
“Since its establishment, Israel has engaged in brutal oppression of the rights of Palestinians. Thousands of Palestinians are imprisoned, beaten and tortured; children are taken from their beds and beaten by soldiers who are armed to the teeth.”-Miko Peled.
As an Iranian American, when I hear the Jews speaking I don’t hear Jew, I react and hear to an Iranian. When Shahin was talking I kept saying “Ay baba, Ajaaab, boroo baba” 😂 I hope he’s doing well, bar migardim hamamoon negaran nabash dadash
Last weekend we were at the "Never Again is Now" rally in Perth (Western Australia) and some of the Iranian community representatives were there also supporting the Jewish people and those who came to stand against antisemitism
Before 1979 there were 100,000 Jews in Iran, now 8500 at max. Iran’s population is 90 million. Israel population is 9 million out of which 1.7 millions are Muslim.
I’m a Arab who use to hate Jews and Israel, than I did more research after Oct 7th and learned more about the Jewish culture and religion with this channel, thank you and stay safe
When we think of Iranian it make us feel nostalgic. A great civilization and magnificent cultural people. Iran is great Nation. In India our great people are Persian. The TATA are Persian who built steel industries and Car industries in India. Many are Iranian in India. They contributed in nation building in independent India. Iranian do not deserve to be ruled by Ayatollahs or Cleric. A modern Iranian deserve justice. The people of Iran need freedom, liberty, not theocratic State. Theocratic State always pull us backward. My sympathy with Iranian for lack of real freedom.
Because there is a great difference between the people of Iran and the Islamic radicals regime in Iran. The majority of Iranians today support Israel if you believe it I am one of them.
You're delusional if you support Israel just because they're your narcissistic regime's enemy watch out the enemy of your enemy is not always your friend
Correction my brother on time stamp 1:48 Mordecai was never and has never been Esther's uncle. They were cousins. (Esther 2:7 kjv And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter) Its time to put this longtime lie to rest the bible is clear ''..... his uncle's daughter''. Otherwise thanks for the amazing content.
I answer you Because they born in Iran and considered Iranian They are right to live in Iran just like me , I am a moslem and was born in Iran so i have right to live in Iran and any body from any religion whom born in Iran has right to live in Iran
All almost ok apart say that RezaShah changed the country’s name from Persia to Iran. The country was always called Iran with slight pronunciation differences. Viva Pahlavi👑Viva Iran💪🏼
@ at the advent of islam persians were banned from making or listening to music with traditional persian instruments and such. Jews were also at the time made to do jobs that muslims were banned from doing. One of the things persian jews became prominent in was persian music. Persian jews not only preserved the instruments, but also the traditional style of persian music and were an integral part of the preservation of this aspect of persian culture. Without us, its very likely that persian music, especially the traditional type, would not have survived into the present day.
@@thewarthogking8203 Very interesting. First time I heard that. Does the present regime in Iran allow Muslims to play music? Does it allow men to sing? Does it allow women to sing?
The largest jewish community in the world lived in Persian until Cyrus the Great rebuilt Jerusalem for the them and allowed them to make their own nation.
That is how they operate. Spread false and half truth information while Israel itself formed in 1948 through genocide and ethnic cleansing and doing the same until today.
Yo !!!!!!!!!!! SIMPLY FREAKING AMAZING!!! Finally someone who can speak objectively. I am an Iranian, and i have had many Jewish friends both in Iran and outside of her. Very factual video! a Couple of things that you left out.. Best El Al station was Tehran Mehrabad pre 1979, and the military and economical cooperation that Iran and Israel had together pre-revolution. One day these ARAB worshipers will be kicked out of Iran, and it will return to the land of Cyrus!!!
Your version of the history of Jews in Iran is absolutely false !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Jews were forced to go to Babylonia by the Babylonian rulers and when Cyrus the great conquered Babylonia he set the Jews free. The story of Esther happened after Cyrus the great but you brought it first which is totally incorrect !!!!
The story of Esther is also a bunch of lies, Zerxes was a great King and a monotheist ( zoroastrian ), he did not worship many Gods, neither was he going to allow anyone declare him a God and worship him as a god
Then, take half of Germany. They are the ones responsible. Palestinians didn't do anything to Jewish people. In fact, Palestine took in and welcomed a lot of Jewish refugees in the first few decades of the 20th century. Until the British and zionists started ethnically cleansing villages and pushing Palestinians out of their land.
@@nope-zy8kl jews wouldn't be claiming anything if they had not been expelled from the West and the middle east. I am an arab jew expelled from an arab country.....
As an Iranian I don't care whether my neighbour, colleague, classmate or friend is jewish, muslim, christian, atheist, gay, bisexual or anything else. From the spiritual point of view Humanity comes before everything and from the Iranian thousands of years old Identity that is deeply rooted in our culture, Iranian Nationality always comes before anything else. You are my compatriot, then you are my ally for life. PERIOD.
Thanks for spreading kindness and love
Jews (more specifically Judeans) were dragged into exile as slaves by the Babylonians, not the Persians. Cyrus conquered Babylonia, freed them, and allowed them to return to Israel. Unlike most Ancient societies Persia didn't practice slavery.
this video is full of missinformation and hide many information like cia toppled democratic government and put a puppet for free oil.
Jews (more specifically Judeans) = Zionist invention ! Anyone even an Arab who believe in the religion of Judaism is a Jew!
@@mikeg2306 Now After 2500 it is Jews who Ironically driven Palestinians out of their and sending several Millions in to exile since 1947. Again Iran will restore the people who were victimized by Tyrant back to their land and liberate Palestinians from their Bondage in Gaza.
But why the enmity now
@@henrickmachache4497only iranian regime and 10% of their paid supporters are hating jew.
Iam a Iranian Jew who lives in Iran , I can answer this question .. we’ve lived here for over 2500 years and we are Persian Jews .. we don’t in anyway feel prejudiced against or have to live in fear like the western media portrays .. we live , we freely practice our religion and dress as Jews and are an important party of Iran society. Iran is against Zionism and it’s crimes against humanity as a lot of Jews outside of Brooklyn or Israel are. Again we are safer in Iran than Israel or Europe.
First of all prove that you are Jews,then claim that you are living in a free society.we weren’t born yesterday.
@ why the hell do I need to lie lol Iam sorry if facts contradict your biased narrative lol I would persecuted anywhere else in the Middle East and even some European countries , after Israel , Iran is the safest place for Jews , we freely practice our religion and live peacefully among Muslims and Armenians .. sorry to disappoint
250000 Persian Jews live in Israel how many in iran
Love you akhaei
If you don't live in fear, why do you have a fake name as your TH-cam handle?
As an Iranian American, we are all natural philosemites, Jews have existed in our families for over 2,000 years and we have no reason to hate any of them, why would we? Iran is a diverse country, it’s difficult to single out anyone group for something because we are so diverse and that’s what makes us amazing.
Spending time on the internet during this war, it seems to me that Iranians and Lebanese are more likely to be critical of their governments, proud of their country, and open to peace and on top of that being willing to talk to Jews. It's honestly really ❤ warming.
@@raymux7118 I have noticed that as well. Nice to know that the radical religious types that control Iran aren’t actually representative of all Iranians
@@raymux7118The point is we are not tribal, regardless what religion we are.
As a persian we don't have any conflict with jews and infact i have a jew friend. Our problem is with Zionists and their belief of destroying Palestine.
@@shadowhunter1968sadly for you. Just because the other people is Jewish you don’t wanna talk?? Do you know how that is stup1d, ridiculous and nonsense??
i was asking myself this q yesterday.... answer: because Iranians are normal people and not racist.
Absolutely Iranian people are Secular and liberal only this regime is behaving like radicals otherwise Iranian society is progressive .Same Turkish also I believe regime is learning from Sunnis radicals
I hope Jews and Persians can live in peace some day again❤
@@jasmineabdulla5719 Iran has been the promised land for the Jews for more than 4000 years and will remain to be the promised land for the Jews.
God bless Iran, God bless the Jews, and hell with the genocidal cesspool of Israhell.
The Islamic regime does not let Iran’s Jews leave. They hold family members as collateral when one travels outside the country.
Why don't you ask why thousands of Iranian Jews run away to Israel? And it was not easy to do...
Bibi once offered them 10K a piece to move to Israel.
They pretty much told him to sti*k it. They are happy in Iran, we love them
Is that why you murdered a Jew last month over self defense?
Do you have any source for this? Every newcomer gets money to be able to rent an apartment for 6 months while learning Hebrew. Were Iranians offered more? In any case, the vast majority of Iranian Jews have moved to Israel. According to wikipedia, 200k-250k live in Israel, 60k-80k in the US and less than 10k in Iran.
Waste of time tryi g to explain@@tFighterPilot
9000 live in Iran today…
Many Iranian Jews left iran after the revolution just like any other non-Jewish Iranian left the country. The main reason was economic. We all know that even in today’s iran being Jewish is not a crime. Iranians love all other minorities, doesn’t matter what their religion is.
He did not change the country's name. Persians are Iranians. The name Iran can be found in Avesta. It is as old as Zoroastrianism and even older. Pars is a part of Iran, not all of Iran.
I constantly have to repeat this all of the time... I don't know why certain people aren't trying to listen...
Exactly
Iran contains persians kurds gilaks blochs Azeri and....
Exactly my Brother
Actually Reza Shah didn't rename the country, he simply asked the Europeans to use the endonym which is Iran instead of the exonym which is Persia.
Wonder why the diaspora uses the name Persian
@@JamieHaDov They try too hard to be white
@@JamieHaDov Arabs/Palestinians/Lebanese are called Turks in most of South America because at the time of arrival, they came from the Ottoman Empire.
Likewise, most Persians in US/Canada were from *Persia* at the time.
@ didn’t most flee the revolution, after it was renamed to Iran? At least that’s the story the Persian folks I’ve always met have said
@@JamieHaDovI don't know for sure, but I've heard that it is to distance themselves from the Islamic Republic of Iran (even though the name Iran was already being used during the times of the monarchy) and to be more nationalistic, identifying with the Persian ethnicity instead of the Iranian multiethnic state (it all sounds very silly, but Iranian expats [at least the politically engaged ones in the internet] are one of the silliest people of the entire world)
An Iranian Jew invited me to have Passover with his family. Everyone was very helpful and they guided me back to my childhood when I had Passover with my own family.
They were devout and their son dressed as a Chassid. I will never forget the kindness they showed me, and the beauty of a culture I had left behind many years before.
Read about this event: Lavon Affair.
@@優さん-n7m It has nothing to do with Iran. It has to do with Egypt.
As a non-Jewish iranian, I want to say thank you for making this video. We will soon reunite with our brothers and sisters in Israel soon, after the fall of this regime. ❤️🤍💚🇮🇱
I don't
The regime is the one you live in
Brothers and sisters😂🤣Keep fooling ur selves.They can't be loyal to their neighbours and you thinking they would embarrass you. Keep fooling ur selves Sun worshipper. One thing Jews hate are idol worshipper and polytheists😂
توصدبارگو..خواهی خورد
توصدبارگو...خواهی خورد
Why are you being vague when regarding "enslavement' of the Jews, Persians NEVER enslaved Jews nor anyone for that matter.
This guy is purposely lying. He uses the picture of that monster from the Zionist movie 300 to depict the Iranian kings. You know he is biased.
I’m suspecting the movie “300” may not be historically accurate…
@@ElaNEF Yeah of course, it wasn't the Persians that would enslave, it was the other way around.
Jews have been in Iran for over 2,500 years. We had many Jewish friends whom we loved and were close to.
right even before judaism existed ? 🤣
@@murgiii9556 Remember when the Jews were taken to Babylon and freed by Cyrus the Great of Persia, whom many Jews thought was the Messiah? That was over 2,500 years ago.
@@murgiii9556Iranians were one of the ancestors of the canaanites. We predate Sumer and the land where Abraham was born in was ours. Learn about Jiroft and Elam.
Salam, Shlama, Shlomo, Shalom, Peace.
Mossad, CIA, MI6
Behind 9/11
Behind The Creation Of Hamas
Behind The 7th Oct Attack
Behind The Afghanistan War
Behind The Iraq War
Behind The Libyan War
Behind The Lebanon War
Behind The Syrian War
Behind The Sudan War
It wasn't the Persians that dragged the Jews to that part of the Mesopotamia-- it was the (neo)-Babylonians, who deported the Jews from Jerusalem to Babylon (Iraq). The Persians conquered Babylon, and allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and re-establish a Jewish kingdom/province.
Exactly . He posted wrong information . It was Babyloinan king invaded Egypt and kingdom of Judea nad dwstroyed their temple and captured them as slaves
The 1979 revolution was made by France UK and USA Government and was started from 2 or 3 years before changing in Iran
@@Shahpoorsasani6798 I think a lot of countries have a pattern of blaming big countries for their history and not taking responsibility for their own history. When the USA was very young, Britain and France meddled very hard, but we eventually took control of our own history. I think Iran needs to own its own history. yes, in the 1900's, Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Turkey?, all tried to influence Iran. But by now, Iran's current government is the responsibility of the people of Iran.
This clip is not accurate. He uses the clip from the Zionist movie 300 to refer to the Iranian kings. He is a liar!!
@@cyrusparsa1724 zionist movie 300 lol....whats with u ppl and zionism, have you bothered to understand what zionism means?
Because in Iran nationalism comes before religion.
it comes before everything.
pardon my ignorance, but isn't religion behind the secret police harassing women, and men.
@@carolinelalam7542 what?
@@carolinelalam7542 ??
*ethnicity
The regime of Iran doesn't consider Christians or Jews as enemies....they don't won't any foreigners interrupting...Muslims and Jews have lived together for long.
Iran is constantly interfering around the world, literally supplying money and arms to murderers, giving weapons to pirates who attack trade routes, conducting cyber attacks on Western democracies, and then playing dumb like "What did we do? We're the victim in all this"
Yeah the Jews have "lived together" under a hostile regime. The population of Jews in Iran has plummeted since the Islamic Revolution, it is only like a 10th of what it was prior to 1979. Previously, Jews had no legal restrictions on them under the Shah. They had legal protections. Since the Islamic regime has come into power, the same thing has happened that's happened every time an Islamic regime comes to power: Life becomes hell for the Jews. Jewish schools are run by muslims hand-picked by the regime, visiting Israel is straight up illegal, the Iranians desecrate ancient holy sites like the tomb of Esther with 0 consequences, Jews are afraid to ever say anything about any of this because they could be imprisoned or worse. It's a holocaust-denying regime so their thoughts about Jews are pretty obvious.
yes, but you think the western people are going to understand this simple thing after all the propagand they are being fed since childhood?
They don't want foreigners to interfere in their country's affairs but have established proxy armies to interfere in other countries' affairs.
The real reason is that Iran is a civilised nation. The real reason Jews in Iran live there is because they have always been a respected part of the community. You ask Jewish dissidents in the US or U.K. they always side with Israel, ask any Jew who actually lives in Iran, they see themselves as proud Iranians. This video is BS.
Israel was created to keep European jews away from Europe, that's why they created this country to keep their garbage away from them, its not the case with Iranian Jews
This video was about creating hatred against the current regime of Iran that does not bow to the western powers. That was the whole point of it.
If you watched the video than you would know that the creator acknowledges that for most of its history Jews were treated decently and as some points very well. But you are willingly choosing to turn a blind eye to history if you ignore persecution that Jews were victim to in the middle east. Thankfully Iran is very diverse and tolerant to minorities, however just like every genocide, tolerance quickly diminishes when the majority look for a scapegoat. The 10% of Iranian Jews that chose to remain in Iran are protected due to their loyalty to Iran. Most Jews prefer to remain loyal to their people instead of the countries that they reside in. And who is to say that Iran would be as tolerant of Jews if they numbered 400,000 instead of 10,000.
Big lie.
And you are BS too..
Iranian jew here,
Yes during the first years of revolution Jews were not having it that easy... neither did literally anyone. It was a newly established unstable regime that was cracking down on all potential dissidents, be it Jews, Christian, zoroastrians, sunnis, seculars anyone a bit critical. All the way to the early 2000s the regime was uncertain and cracked down regularly.
Today however people are living quite the normal lives. There's no whips, no random detention and definitely no coming out of nazi detention centers as this video suggests.
Zionism is illegal though. It's like nazism in the west. And the same way you are cooked when you are a supporter of hamas in Europe or in Israel you are cooked when you are a supporter of Israel in Iran... it makes a lot of sense when you think about it.
It's pretty straightforward but it's not like Muslims in Israel have it different, if anything I'm pretty confident they have it worse as what I've seen they are highly looked down upon by Israeli society. Iranian society never looked down on Jewish people, the Muslim fundamentalists might have their reservations but frankly you never get treated differently for that. You hear some jokes about you being greedy but trust me Esfahanis have it much worse hahahah.
from a Sephardic jew: it's the Ashkenazi jews who look down on everyone, especially Jews who are not Ashkenazi. in Israel and anywhere else. Sephardic jews get along with Muslims as they are arab jews, and grew up in an arab culture.
You're not convincing anyone here of your bullshit.
This is the realest post here among a sea of misinformed people.
The video frames Iran as being hostile against Jews. That is not the case, they are hostile against Israel which is majority Jewish. It does not necessarily mean they hate Jews. I wish people had the capacity to have a bit of nuance when looking at geopolitics.
I think Arab Israelis have it much better. There are quite a few prominent Arabs in Israel. The Israeli Arab population has grown 10 folds since the country’s formation in 1948. Iran, on the other hand, keeps losing its Jewish people to emigration. That tells a lot.
@@KJ-yises Lol! Except for apartheid regime.
Even Ethiopian originated Jews are second-class citizens.
Considering the long rich history of Jews in Persia, I wish there was peace between Israel and Iran
As a Iranian, I wish there was peace in the world.
How can you have peace with a genocidal regime?
@@agostocobain2729 First let those indigenous ppl who lived in palestine for centuries get the right to return,no 🕊🕊 when currently settlers r residing in which was smeone else's land a 100years ago,stop colonialism
The real reason for the revolution was not wealth disparities but corruption. Many Iranians believed that Khomeini would address the corruption while maintaining the progress that had been made under the Shahs. They were wrong.
the real resaon for revolution was that it was not a revolution but a rebellion done my marxists and islamists...
Still, the revolution has brought about many good things to Iran..
@@comrade916such as? Genuine question
@@comrade916Revolution was trying to please Israel and the USA UK
@@JamieHaDov Go there and you shall see... Iran is actually quite legally progressive. Women outnumber men in the Universities. There is law and order on the streets. Many social programs paid for by the government.
STOP dividing Iranians by religion or other ethical nonsense!
I already understood the purpose of this video... how he said that Reza Shah changed the name from Persia to Iran... we can see his evil intentions... just a little research would have sufficed for him to see that he only asked Europeans(who consider themselves as the whole world) to stop calling Iran something Persia, but to just use Iran!
Divide and Conquer. Israelis want a war in Iran. They tired quite hard when Obama was around but did not get their way at that time.
Just shout up
@@lionelochola9369 I don't think he should when he wants his country to remain as one.
I'm from iran and I live in rasht
But there are thousands of jews in isfahan
Recently I came across a street demonstration where Iranians and Israelis mingled in support of each other. I was puzzled but now I understand. Thank you!
Iranians have a lot in common with us Jews and Israelis, beatiful history and culture and we all want to see a free Iran, the western word should care more too. Women Life Freedom. Zan Zendigi Azadi Am Yisrael Chai
Quite remarkable considering most other Islamic middle east countries ethnically cleaned their entire Jewish population. I live in hope that the Iranian people will be free of the evil islamist regime.
Yes we support our jews brothers and sisters since we did thousand years ago
Don’t be puzzled ,Iranians are a weird bunch ,im an Iranian and i still figure out my own people
Neither of them know about Operation AJAX and Lavon Affair, that is why.
Had dinner with the Chief Rabbi of Iran 2 years ago. Eye opening experience to hear about Jewish Life in Iran and raises thought-provoking questions about the precariousness of life, especially life in exile.
Persian Jew here!❤
My great grandparents left with the wave of zionist aliyah in the 20s and 30s. They cane to Israel and prospered in our ancient homeland
You ever get tired of being called a European colonist?😂
@tbishop4961 honestly I love it. Especially coming from pasty white dudes from New York
@@edbar4097 😂😂 I mostly hear it from the dawah crowd who evidently don't know what ethically polish people actually look like
My family lineage is of Zoroastrian and Hebrew, and I was born in Khuzestan. Although I chose Christianity, without Iran there would be no Abraham and no Israel. UR belonged to Iran as Iraq did not exist back then. Iran is older than Egypt and Jiroft outdates Mesopotamia. Iranians are also 1 of the ancestors of the Canaanites. Just because we do not agree with the current gov, does not mean Iran is less of value than Israel. Remember there is history prior to Israel.
@@tbishop4961We are not Europeans, our bloodline is 100% Middle Eastern. Ever heard of Mizrahi Jews?
What nonsense.
Iran has tons of Jews. Always has.
It was always called Iran. Persia was just a Western name.
The main issue is Israel's foreign policy.
It was the Golden Era for All Iranians including Iranian Jews.
Dude you are amazing at this. I love your videos!! Thank you so much for these. I truly hope you get found by TV networks and can do more widely videos news /shows. Amazing work!!!!
Jews in Iran are not Zionist .. and this guy trying hard to let them out of Iran to live in Israel
I love the book of Esther!
Esther's tomb is in Iran ... In that sense, Iran is a holy land for the Jewish you could say
Excellent. You guys are amazing. Great subtitles with great visibility. With gratitude from Be’er Sheva, Israel
This seems anti-iran biased.. mulitple times the speaker claims jews were punished just for being jews. Yet thousands of jews live there in peace, with their own schools, shops and rights. Something doesnt add up.
You do realize that western media has been preparing its own people to accept and support an invasion of Iran right?
All Iranians, regardless of ethnicity and religion, their hearts beat for Iran. The existing problems will not put a distance between our hearts and we are still brothers and sisters.
“Iranian Jews have been inhabitants of Iran longer than any other group. They have lived in a diverse range of regions and forms of settlement-predominantly in cities, but also in nomadic communities. Historically, many Persian rulers, including figures from the Seljuk, Ilkhanid, and Safavid periods, either had Jewish ancestry or maintained close ties with the Jewish community. For example, Rashid al-Din Fazlollah, the vizier of Ghazan Khan, was a renowned Jewish figure who served as a scientist, physician, and perhaps the wealthiest landowner in Iranian history. His endowed estate, which extended from Yazd to Egypt, is documented in a monumental manuscript that still exists today. Additionally, about 30% of Qajar princes were of Jewish descent.
A few clarifications: the Persians did not enslave the Jews; rather, Cyrus the Great liberated the Jewish people from captivity in Babylon. Furthermore, Queen Esther’s story comes after Cyrus, not before. Iran is home to many Jewish holy sites, such as the Shrine of Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan. Many of these sites are revered by both Muslims and Jews. I hope one day you’ll have the chance to visit!”
This is a very thoughtful piece. Makes one think that if Iran could make a society that integrated Jews and Muslims and Christians with equality that Israel can too. Be a state forever safe for Jewish people but also safe for others who have roots there.
Thanks!
Israel isn’t perfect, but did you know that 2 millions Muslim and Christian Arabs live as equal citizens of Israel today?
SUCH A MISLEADING TITLE. YOU DID NOT EXPLAIN WHY THERE ARE STILL JEWS LIVING IN IRAN.
did you miss it? he said that exiting the country was forbidden, and for a large community, "supporting" the ayatollah was a way to make those who didn't manage to flee survive under this totalitarian rule.
you can now lowercase your caps
Yeah it definitely is but I guess it’s because of some queen lady that was Jewish
As I understood it from another podcasts, there are jewish communities who do not believe jews should have their own country. They are waiting for their messiah. These particular jewish communities were represented at the recent Iranian funeral cortege. I don't have the podcast reference. It was from memory a news channel showing the funeral a few months back.
Brah 😂
@tzipf4905 found it!!!
Heartburn for israel. Jews at raisi final journey in iran amid gaza war..." at 1.04. Times of India TH-cam podcast
Thanks for sharing this, it is a great perspective and it helped me empathize with people who I didn’t think I could empathize with.
As we speak, the IDF is working very hard at freeing the wonderful people of Iran from a theocratic regime that has oppressed them for far too long. Let’s pray that Rezah Pahlavi will soon be able to return Iran to its past glory and establish a long lasting peaceful collaboration with Israel.
Read about this: Operation AJAX 1952. USA and UK did this mainly because Iranian democracy government had nationalized Iranian oil.
Also read about these: Lehi, Irgun, Haganah, Lavon Affair, Psykes Picot agreement, USS Liberty, Assasination of Folke Bernadotte and King David Hotel Bombing.
Amen 🙏
Don’t need the dramatic music I find it irritating and undermines aesthetics of objectivity
Agree! Totally. I tend to read the transcript.
Some of the music was great, especially at 13:05, "Blue Beings" by Tamuz Dekel. Music is not needed in the entire video, though, so I partially agree.
im Persian Armenian , im immigrant like rest of the people, i have had persian jew co worker, in los angeles they have high business profile in jewelry business and also Rug business special handmade rugs from iran.
ببین من خودم مذهبیم ولی چطوریه ارمنی هستی و مسیحی بعد رائفی پور رو فالو داری
Great video. Just a correction: sometimes Khomeini tried to appear moderate. That's why before revolution, he promised that everybody will be free
I may be wrong, but it sounds like even during the bad times Jews were still treated markedly better in Persia than in most of the other countries that they lived in. But since I'm not from there I wouldn't really know for sure.
It depends upon where in Persia and when. There were a number of forced conversions from Judaism to Islam and abductions of Jewish girls.
@@stephenfisher3721 Oh, I definitely know that it got bad at times. I am not saying that it was always so great for them in Persia. I am just saying in comparison to many of the other countries that Jews lived in it seems like it wasn't as bad. Like the Jews in most of the European countries as an example.
You can always consult the Mizrahi Jews for details.
@@優さん-n7m I don't know any personally. If I did I would certainly ask them.
@@stephenfisher3721 That is unheard of especially forcing conversions to Islam, abduction to women happened always in general in any society sadly.
I mentioned that in your last video...Iranians consider Iranian Jews as Iranian first like the other faiths in Iran like Christians who immigrated to Iran not Long ago but all in all these people are |Iranian otherwise who is Iranian If not people living for thousands of years in Iran?
Yes because they are still Arabs they just practice different religions Israel is just a different country but I wonder how those people feel about the war
@@trimainebarnett8175 Iranians are Arab they are Persian
@@trimainebarnett8175We are not Arabs.
@@zaykayzk I don't think he is saying Persians are Arabs. I can't understand his comment tho
Guys... there many Iranian ethnic groups... Persians... Pashtuns... Kurds... Mazandaranis... Lurs... Gilaks... Laks... Tats... Zazas... Baloch... Tajiks... Pamirs... etc...
Iran is amazing and ancient.
It's such a shame what Islamists have done to it.
Iranian refugees are the first to stand up for the Jewish people. An indicator of their bravery.
Women. life. Freedom.
It is not very much shame than Zionist supremacist " God chosen " cult & American warmongers hypocricy .
9:49 It's not just the Iranian Jews who love him today, but at least 80% of Iranians(Muslim, Zoroastrians, seculars and …)
80% lol
then why his campaign of "vekalat midaham" only got less then half of million while only 5 millions Iranian live outside Iran and 92 millions live in Iran
why when he called for rally in anniversary of Mahsa's death only 10 ppl showed up🤣
@@mansari7310 Because Twitter blocks accounts that use VPNs, which is the only way Iranians in Iran can access Twitter. I also wanted to join "vekalat midaham" but I couldn't because my Twitter account was blocked from posting anything.
80%? The same people who resented him for enslaving his people for British oil company and killing their only democratically elected leader?
Among minorities in Iran, Armenians is the most loyal group toward Iranians and they’ve had more influence over Iran society than others. Moreover, they have had more martyrs than other minority groups, but we have less media coverage than other minority groups. Any way, Long Live Armenia and Iran (eternal brothers).
This clip is not accurate. Cyrus fought and freed the Jews from Babylon ( today’s Iraq) not Iran. Jews came to Iran willingly after Cyrus freed them, they were not forced to come to iran. Queen Esther was married to Xeres ( Khashayar) who lived years after Cyrus. Please try not to deceive people.
بسیار زیبا و قشنگ ❤❤❤ Thanks for the video
Can you make a video about Bukharan Jews and Caucasian Jews?
Thanks
I think it’s important to mention how Khomenei went to power. It was not his influence alone. He had made a coalition with the left, shared a specific anti-shah strategy forcing the shah and his family to flee, leading to the revolution. Then, once in power, he proceeded to execute all those who were his secular partners of the left because of course it didn’t fit the ideology he wanted to pursue, and he had only used them to gain power and control.
It’s an important lesson to teach to all watching, because this unholy alliance is happening again globally in a similar way.
Love your amazing comment.100% agree ❤
But dont forget about that Shah house arrested the democratically elected Iranian PM Mossaddique in 1953 , only because he nationalized Iranian petrol with majority parliament support. But Greedy Autocratic king Shah was appointed by West and he allowed British & CIA to interfere into his country and loot Iranian Oil for cheap prize for 25 years. He allowed to re-name " Anglo- Persian Petrol" as " British Petrol / BP "in his own country. He used SEVA force to arrest opponants and gave harsh punishments . Then Puppet Autocratic clown Shah was removed by same west when he had big ambitions and refused to renew petrol agreement . Same west sent Ayethullah Khomeini from France to remove Shah and to suppress growing Communist influences in the region. Then they created war between Iran & Iraq , sold weapons both sides. They sold Chemical weapons to test on Iranians. Its funny some people think these greedy western warmongers Love democracy and freedom 😂.
@@Avastidas Big lie 🤥
Wonderful and educational. Thank you.
You missed a bit out lad. The 1954 American and British backed coup that overthrew the elected government and brought in the Shah, whom you lionise, but who was in fact a dictatpr.
Yes, The Operation AJAX carried out by USA and UK and publicly acknowledged by Obama.
Also read about this event: Lavon Affair.
Can you tell which elected government? Because as far as it is mentioned in the books and documents, etc. and you probably know that the chosen one means that he was chosen by the people. But in the constitutional law The prime minister is chosen by the king and the king also has the right to remove the prime minister from his position in certain cases. Mossadegh's cabinet in the same way.
The answer is because iran is not genocidal...
Is your head ok? Stop the drugs . Who has said that iran is a genocidal country?
As a Lebanese it pains me what happened to Iran if the shah didn’t make so many mistakes like holding overly lavish parties and being too soft the whole middle east would be a better place
Those parties were for maintaining public relations. But the people didn’t understand politics due to lack of knowledge and information. It’s sad what happened to Iran but hopefully his son the Crown Prince can restore Iran and the Middle East again.
Those parties had many benefites for iran.
@@ArthurMorgan-ux9jj still using hundred of millions of dollar for a party while people are starving is fukin wild.
@@Aarrdsseddgs name 1
As an Iranian I tell you are wrong. After revolution we could have an strong and independent country. Shah was a western puppet!
We love people of Persian descendent of Kourosh and Cyrus champion of equality and freedom
This is very good
I was your 300K subscriber! GREAT congrats man.
Almost! Thanks for the support!
Might want to read Isaac Yomtovian’s autobiography to get a better sense of this:
“My Iran: Memories, mysteries and Myths”
Israel gave incentives for the Iranian Jews to migrate to Israel, and the Iranian Jews refused to leave Iran. There is no restriction for anyone to leave Iran. What you hear from the Zionists is pure lies.
Bro twisted alot of the story for benefits of Israel. First of all Iran has problem with Zionism and not jews. Personally i have alot of jew friends in Iran and they hate Israel too. Because Zionism and jew are two diffrent things. We all respect jews. Second thing is that you tried to sanction the fact that esther and mordkhy applied that genecide on persian people.
If USA and UK had not carried out Operation AJAX 1952 that destroyed Iranian democracy since they nationalized oil, and installed a brutal puppet dictator, none of this would have happened.
Don't you ever get tired of twisting history?
Why not? They have lived there for millennia. It's their home, and they are obviously not zio.nist.
RIP Arvin Ghahremani
This channel is my fount of knowledge for anything Israeli or Jewish. Great job and please keep it up.
I know right! It’s awesome. I’ve started going back to temple and reconnecting with my Semitic roots because of it.
This is exactly what I was about to comment, but you beat me to it! I haven't been well over the last week and I've been going through a lot of the videos and have found out so much about Jewish and Israeli culture and history that I had never thought of before. More people in my country need to watch this channel...
this is a propaganda channel, twisting the facts and lining up the events in a wrong timeline
This is a propaganda channel that praised a literal autocratic dictator (the Shah) and never once mentioned how he and the west overthrew the only real democracy in Iran.
Yes, is the one stop shop for spreading propagand that aids Zionists.
Read about these things man: Operation AJAX 1952, Psykes Picot agreement 1918, Lavon Affair, Lehi, Irgun, Haganah, USS Liberty, Assasination of Folke Bernadotte, King David Hotel Bombing. Learn some real history.
Bro is really cherry-picking history to fit his agenda 🤡
Remove Ayatollah regime and true Persian will be shine again living with Muslim, Jews, Christian and others peacefully.
Thanks to the Ayatollah regime (not cowardly and corrupt neighboring Arab governments), Christian and Muslim Palestinians will soon live in peace and their own sovereignty again.
Iranian Zoroastrian here. Iran is not a Muslim country, and Iranians aren’t Muslims. We’re atheists, Zoroastrians, and Christians. And we respect Jews as our friends and acknowledge Iranian Jews as our brothers, we have no ill will against the Jewish people, they have done so much for us. 🇮🇷 ❤️ 🇮🇱
You can't pretend Iran's Muslim population doesn't exist. Iran's Islamic state in the past 46 years has been horrible but that can't and shouldn't erase the fact that a fairly big part of Iran's art, literature and culture in the past 14 centuries have been inspired by Islam too. A lot of our architecture, many of our poets' faith expressed in our literature etc contain Islam and Islamic teachings whether we like it or not. It's also true that Iranian identity is not limited to Islam and its Islamic era. Most Iranians still carry a lot of the culture and spirit of their pre-Islamic roots (such as Zoroastrianism) in their minds and hearts. Those who try to erase or minimize the pre-Islamic identity, history and culture of Iranians are as ignorant as those who try to do the same to the history, literature and culture of post-Islamic Iran.
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Nothing is borrowed from Islam, Islamic art and architecture are borrowed from ancient Iran and other civilizations in the Middle East.
Wish these videos came out more often
Love learning new stuff about our people
עם ישראל חי
Watch batman movies, the above video is nonsense.
L name
@@rubyatahabib3618 Iran doesnt care what religion you practise, just google how many synagogues there are in Tehran alone. Persia was the same. Ester was not jewish she was from the Tribe of Benjamin. The video has too many fallacious nonsense for me to go point for point against, so i called it nonsense in all.
this video was incorrect
Because you know a Jew speaking
@@haruntanzir3631 no because I know jew are save in Iran with full rights
They can leave if they want, they live good over there. They have synagogue, kosher delis, Sweden doesn't even have kosher delis.
This video was about creating hatred for the current Iranian regime.
I really love your channel.
My Family are Jews that left Poland after the war. Before the internet, all I knew about us came from oral Family history, and the Tanach
Who's Ya DIDDY ❔❓
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I lived more than half my life before the Internet. We had TV, radio, and movies. Most importantly we had books. As far as I know books still exist. Books have a lot of information.
@stephenfisher3721
You are correct.
I wasn't saying the information wasn't out there.
Just that I didn't know so much as I do now.
Thank you
@@centerfiresuppressionllc682
Yes, the Internet is miraculous how it provides so much information instantly.
(It also provides misinformation).
What do Israeli Jews think of the Safavid Dynasty and Qajar Dynasty before the Pahlavi Dynasty?
my parents were smuggled out, and the guards would be shooting at them as they left in a pickup, my older brother remembers just riding his bike one day when his mother grabbed his hand, put him in the truck and they fled, leaving everything behind. with nothing but a suitcase
I'm sorry for the horrible experiences that you and your family faced because of my Iranian people. May you find the Messiah of Jews in the promised land. I will pray that Yeshua saves you and all your family into His glorious Kingdom. Amen
Am Yisrael chai
When was that?
@@her23795 late 80s
lies. In reality, Iranian Jews are unique among Iranians in that they are permitted to travel to Israel, primarily because they have relatives there. Remarkably, the Iranian Jewish community is the only Jewish community worldwide that does not require an armed guard at their synagogues to guard against potential hate crimes. This is because not a single hate crime has occurred in Iran against Jews, Christians, or Zoroastrians. Interestingly, one could argue they have more rights, as they are allowed to consume wine and alcoholic beverages, which are illegal for Muslim Iranians. Furthermore, Iran is the only nation that guarantees permanent parliamentary seats for its minorities, such as Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians, to ensure their voices are heard. Unlike other countries, where they must compete with candidates from majority backgrounds, diminishing their election chances, in Iran, Jews exclusively vote for their representative. For additional seats, they compete on an equal playing field.
Another advantage of having a minority seat is that whoever is elected works solely for the community's welfare. In contrast, elsewhere, even when a minority candidate is elected, they represent a city rather than their community.
This highlights that Persians genuinely care about human rights, a Persian invention, unlike Westerners who use human rights as propaganda against adversaries. Recent events have exposed their lack of genuine concern for human rights.
Religious freedom, also a Persian innovation dating back 2,500 years to Cyrus the Great, is deeply embedded in Persian DNA. For Iranians, there is no distinction between Iranian Jews or Muslims; they are all Iranian.
This mindset among Iranians, which ensured that Jews were never discriminated against, is why that Jewish Iranian turned down the $60,000 each offered by Israel as a bribe to any Iranian Jew willing to seek refuge in the US or Israel, stating that their Iranian identity is not for sale.
Israel's public attempts to bribe them to leave Iran contradict its claims that Iranians wish to harm Jews worldwide. The fact that Jews not only live in Iran but enjoy privileges unavailable elsewhere demonstrates that Iran is anti-Zionist, not anti-Jewish. Don't just take my word for it, as I might be a pathological liar like the person who made the video or wrote the comment I’m responding to. Instead, read articles from Iran's adversaries, such as British news outlet The Guardian or American news source USA Today. Since I can't post links in TH-cam comments, you can search for their articles by title, which I will quote verbatim in quotations.
don't take my words for it because it is possible that I'm a patelogical lair like the guy made this video and who wrote comment I'm replying to but you can read articles written by Iran's enemies like British news THE GUARDIAN or American news USA TODAY
since I cant put the link in YT comments you can google their article's title which i going to quote word by word in quotations
1- USA TODAY "Iran's Jewish community is the largest in the Mideast outside
2- THE GUARDIAN "Iran's Jews reject cash offer to move to Israel"
3- PBS NEWS "Despite tension between Iran and Israel, Iran'sJewish minority feels at home"
4- NPR "Iran's Jews: It's Our Home And We Plan To Stay"
5- GERMAN NEWS DW "Jewish life in Iran 'better than in Europe"
6- AMERICAN CNN "Iran's Jewish community in Esfahan: We 'feel at home'
Beautiful story, sadly Persia changed. Shalom ❤❤❤
No we havent change.. we have only idiots whos in power in 45 years.. we will back stronger and with more love ❤❤❤
@@Mr74kaveh zorastrian, christian iran forevor
It is not changed. People inside Iran can't wait to go back on track of progress the same way the country was back in Shah's regime, they understood a whole lot of things went wrong during that disastrous revolution of 1979 and hopefully they will restore things first chance they get. People inside Iran are still the same friendly and lovely people now even more aware of their non-religious Persian roots and "Nationalism" is growing faster than before. PS, Netanyahu's popularity is greater inside Iran than inside Israel some say ... Yes, read it again !
We are still same people you are changed to tyrant blood thirsty and occupiers
@@thumbsup7828 we have not changed.. the problem were USA with The Democratic Party in power left us alone with left and Islamic oriented idiots supported by Sovjet🥲🥲
Love Israelian sisters and brothers from Iran❤
Iraqi here: Muslim, grew up around Jewish people back home and now in America. I love my Jewish, Christian & Muslim brothers and sisters. The Iraqi questions that I grew up with even taught me Assyrian that I still use today. I am 100% unequivocally against Israel, though.
There are barely any Jews in Iraq most live in Israel
Now adays Iranian people are much more open minded than 1979, but our government is so corrupted in many ways. Today the jews feel much better in Persia, cause the last thing persian/Iranians would consider of someone is the religion. Hope Iran goes back to its glorious days like in 1970s, our generation younghood (born after revolution) was burnt and destroyed hope the future generation experience something better, something like 70s. good economy, very low unemployement, freedom of life style, and everything was getting better and better until......
Do not pay attention to this guy. I don’t know where he came up with this made up story!!!
Make Iran Imperial Again!
“Since its establishment, Israel has engaged in brutal oppression of the rights of Palestinians. Thousands of Palestinians are imprisoned, beaten and tortured; children are taken from their beds and beaten by soldiers who are armed to the teeth.”-Miko Peled.
Read about this event: Lavon Affair.
I couldn’t find the country name Palestine on the map.
Iran was called Iran since 2000 years ago. It was first used during the Sassanid empire. Look up Shapur’s texts.
Persians are not Racists unlike Arabs.
As an Iranian American, when I hear the Jews speaking I don’t hear Jew, I react and hear to an Iranian. When Shahin was talking I kept saying “Ay baba, Ajaaab, boroo baba” 😂 I hope he’s doing well, bar migardim hamamoon negaran nabash dadash
Can you do a video on bukkherian jews.
Last weekend we were at the "Never Again is Now" rally in Perth (Western Australia) and some of the Iranian community representatives were there also supporting the Jewish people and those who came to stand against antisemitism
Before 1979 there were 100,000 Jews in Iran, now 8500 at max. Iran’s population is 90 million. Israel population is 9 million out of which 1.7 millions are Muslim.
I’m a Arab who use to hate Jews and Israel, than I did more research after Oct 7th and learned more about the Jewish culture and religion with this channel, thank you and stay safe
Read the book 'Egypt knew no Pharaohs nor Israelites' by Ashaf Ezzat and you'll understand the Jewish-Arab connection in much detail.
When we think of Iranian it make us feel nostalgic. A great civilization and magnificent cultural people. Iran is great Nation. In India our great people are Persian. The TATA are Persian who built steel industries and Car industries in India. Many are Iranian in India. They contributed in nation building in independent India. Iranian do not deserve to be ruled by Ayatollahs or Cleric. A modern Iranian deserve justice. The people of Iran need freedom, liberty, not theocratic State. Theocratic State always pull us backward. My sympathy with Iranian for lack of real freedom.
Because there is a great difference between the people of Iran and the Islamic radicals regime in Iran. The majority of Iranians today support Israel if you believe it I am one of them.
Free your country and make persia great again
Isn't youtube blocked in Iran?
You're delusional if you support Israel just because they're your narcissistic regime's enemy watch out the enemy of your enemy is not always your friend
@@yohananberrocal4586banned but everyone uses it with access via a VPN. I was there just a week ago.
@@77sogeorge but you wouldn't say that the people advocate for the return of the monarchy, right?
Correction my brother on time stamp 1:48 Mordecai was never and has never been Esther's uncle. They were cousins. (Esther 2:7 kjv And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter) Its time to put this longtime lie to rest the bible is clear ''..... his uncle's daughter''. Otherwise thanks for the amazing content.
Ur point?
@ShamsAlduliami Read my comment up to the end then you will understand my point because it's in clear sight .
I answer you
Because they born in Iran and considered Iranian
They are right to live in Iran just like me , I am a moslem and was born in Iran so i have right to live in Iran and any body from any religion whom born in Iran has right to live in Iran
Oh absolutely. Many couldn’t stay, though.
@@chickensalad3535 maybe
Our government isn’t normal
Thats why we want to change it
Baruch HaShem for Unpacked. I ❤ this channel so much and you guys always have Great content.
Gotta love how this video completely ignores the role of the CIA in regime change...
or why isl@m is the problem
oppressing jews, zorastrian, christian, hindu, buddhist etc
All almost ok apart say that RezaShah changed the country’s name from Persia to Iran. The country was always called Iran with slight pronunciation differences.
Viva Pahlavi👑Viva Iran💪🏼
Persian jew here. We are also the reason persian music still exists so if you like it thank the iranian jews
Please explain.
@ at the advent of islam persians were banned from making or listening to music with traditional persian instruments and such. Jews were also at the time made to do jobs that muslims were banned from doing. One of the things persian jews became prominent in was persian music. Persian jews not only preserved the instruments, but also the traditional style of persian music and were an integral part of the preservation of this aspect of persian culture. Without us, its very likely that persian music, especially the traditional type, would not have survived into the present day.
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Very interesting.
First time I heard that.
Does the present regime in Iran allow Muslims to play music? Does it allow men to sing? Does it allow women to sing?
@@stephenfisher3721 i believe they do allow it yeah
@stephenfisher3721 yes but not in public
The largest jewish community in the world lived in Persian until Cyrus the Great rebuilt Jerusalem for the them and allowed them to make their own nation.
an Isreali propagandist talking about 2nd class citizenship elsewhere, is this is joke ?
That is how they operate. Spread false and half truth information while Israel itself formed in 1948 through genocide and ethnic cleansing and doing the same until today.
Yo !!!!!!!!!!! SIMPLY FREAKING AMAZING!!! Finally someone who can speak objectively. I am an Iranian, and i have had many Jewish friends both in Iran and outside of her. Very factual video! a Couple of things that you left out.. Best El Al station was Tehran Mehrabad pre 1979, and the military and economical cooperation that Iran and Israel had together pre-revolution. One day these ARAB worshipers will be kicked out of Iran, and it will return to the land of Cyrus!!!
jews leaved in iran when almost 190 out of 195 countries did not even exist , iran is safe but during last 45 years we are in bad dream
LONG LIVE THE SHAH. ❤💙❤💙❤💙
Your version of the history of Jews in Iran is absolutely false !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Jews were forced to go to Babylonia by the Babylonian rulers and when Cyrus the great conquered Babylonia he set the Jews free.
The story of Esther happened after Cyrus the great but you brought it first which is totally incorrect !!!!
The story of Esther is also a bunch of lies, Zerxes was a great King and a monotheist ( zoroastrian ), he did not worship many Gods, neither was he going to allow anyone declare him a God and worship him as a god
He also did not mention in detail the Operation AJAX 1952 that destroyed the Iranian democracy.
Iranians are not Islamists but Muslim Iranians.
we understand why Jews want their own country!
Who is we?
Then, take half of Germany. They are the ones responsible. Palestinians didn't do anything to Jewish people. In fact, Palestine took in and welcomed a lot of Jewish refugees in the first few decades of the 20th century. Until the British and zionists started ethnically cleansing villages and pushing Palestinians out of their land.
How is it their country? If they lived thousands of years in Iran? 😂 Can I claim Africa if my ancestors originates from there few thousand years ago?
@@nope-zy8klSure, you can have the whole CONTINENT of Africa? When are you leaving?
@@nope-zy8kl jews wouldn't be claiming anything if they had not been expelled from the West and the middle east. I am an arab jew expelled from an arab country.....