as at 1948 their were over 150000 jews in iran,today their are over 20000 jews in iran(estimate varies).Their are over 350000 jews of full/pertial persian ancestory in israel who still speaks persian as mother tongue.Following d 1979 iranian revolution many jews migrated to d U.S forming one of d weathiest immigrant in us history.jews live mainly in the cities of tehran,ishafan and shiraz and are protected under d constitution with a reserve in d perliament. The bible books of isaiah,daniel,ezra,nehemaih and esther countains reference to d lives of persian jews.over the centuries jews bcame physically and culturally indinstingushable from non jewish populace.After d islamic conquest of persia jews and xtians were allowed to pratice their religion in return for huge sums of money(dhimmis). In 1252 mongols invaded persia and captured bagdad in 1258 after which the xtablish their empire known as ilkhanate after which they abolished d tax(dhmnis) being paid by jews and xtians
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the mongols appointed sa'd al daula a jew as grand vizeir which provoked resentment from muslims which led to d murder of al duala and a violent persecution of jews. Ghazan kahn's(king)conversion to islam spelt doom as they were once again regulated to the status of dhimmis.Oljeitu(khans successor)destroyed many synagogues and compelled jews to wear a distinctive mark on their head some jews such as rashid al-din hamadani(a physician,historian and stateman)who adopted islam to advance his career(statue above).In 1383,timurlenk lunch his military conquest of persia he killed almost all inhabitats of some cities after which he deported many craftmen and artiest and many jews to his capital.During the reign of safavid(1502-1794),shia islam bcame state religion,non muslims including jews were deemed as unclean.any physical contact would require a muslin to undergo ritual purification.So they were exempted frm public baths and could not come out during rain or snow.
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