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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
The Iranians treat the jews like that because they are basically at war with Israel already. Mossad has been bombing military bases and nuclear scientists. The U.S. treated Japanese Americans the same way during WW2 to ensure national security.
Also, ...not all jews agree with Zionism.
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But it's not 1942 anymore. Iran being 70 years behind the times on civil rights is not a strong arguing point. The restrictions against Jews have been going on in Iran since the Iranian revolution. The history of anti-semitism in Iran is much longer, however. Through the 1800s and 1900s the Jews were routinely met with restrictions like arbitrary shut down of schools, synagogues, etc.. Anti-Jewish riots took place regularly through this period as well.
In the 1800s, the Jews were considered too unclean to take part in regular life and froce to live in a seperate part of town, in the 1930/40s there were heavy nazi influences in Persia, in 1949 they were considerd too closely tied with Israel...There always seems to be some excuse for anti-semitism in Iran. And that's the major reason a community that had been established since before Islam was advented left the country by the hundreds of thousands.