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| '''Exodus of Iran's Jews'''<ref>Feher, S. From the rivers of Babylon to the Valleys of Los Angeles: The Exodus and Adaptation of Iran`s Jews. ''Gatherings and Diaspora: Religious communities and the New Immigration.'' Editors: Warner, R.S. and Wittner, G.J. Temple University Press (Philadelphia) 1998. Pp.412-35.</ref>{{verification failed|date=October 2013}} refers to the emigration of ] from ] in 20th century. The migration of Persian Jews after Iranian Revolution is mostly attributed to economic hardships and insecurity after deposition of the Shah regime and consequent ]. Despite high cash offers for emigrating provided by ], there are still around 9,000 Jews remaining in Iran<ref>Robert Tait: , The Guardian, 12 July 2007</ref>. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| The tensions between the loyalists of the Shah and Islamists through the 1970s have initiated the mass-migration. Instability caused thousands of Persian Jews to leave Iran prior to revolution - some seeking better economic opportunities or stability, while others afraid of the potential Islamic takeover. In 1979, ] ] met with the Jewish community upon his return from exile in Paris and issued a '']'' decreeing that the Jews were to be protected. Nevertheless, half of the community chose to emigrate. | |||
| At the time of the 1979 ], 60,000 Jews were living in Iran<ref name="SCISelRel1986">{{cite web|author=SCI|title=6. Followers of Selected Religions in the 1976 & 1986 Censuses|publisher=Statistical Centre of Iran|location=Tehran|url=http://amar.sci.org.ir/Detail.aspx?Ln=E&no=95486&S=GW|date=1986}}</ref>. From then on, Jewish emigration from Iran dramatically increased, as about 30,000 Jews left within several months of the revolution alone.<ref name="littman3">Littman (1979), p. 5.</ref> Since the Revolution, Iran's Jewish population, some 30,000 Jews, have emigrated to the United States, Israel, and Europe (mainly to the ], ], ], ], and ]).<ref></ref> | |||
| Some sources put the Iranian Jewish population in the mid and late 1980s as between 50,000–60,000.<ref>Sanasarian (2000), p. 48</ref> An estimate based on the 1986 census put the figure considerably higher for the same time, around 55,000.<ref>. Mongabay.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-09.</ref> In the 1990s there has been more uniformity in the figures, with most sources since then estimating roughly 25,000 Jews remaining in Iran.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stm|work=BBC News|title=Iran's proud but discreet Jews|date=September 22, 2006|accessdate=May 22, 2010|first=Frances|last=Harrison}}</ref><ref name="haaretz.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/938673.html|title=Iran Jewish leader calls recent mass aliyah 'misinformation' bid|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="Ynet">{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3540651,00.html|title=Iran Jewish MP criticizes 'anti-human' Israel acts|publisher=Ynet|date=5.7.2008}}</ref><ref name="http">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stm|title=Iran's proud but discreet Jews|publisher=BBC|date=2006-09-22|first=Frances|last=Harrison}}</ref><ref> {{Wayback|url=http://csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable/1998/02/03/intl/intl.3.html|date =20050830235806}}</ref> | |||
| The United States State Department estimated the number of Jews in Iran at 20,000–25,000 as of 2009.<ref>. State.gov. Retrieved on 2011-05-09.</ref> The 2012 census did put the figure of remaining Jewish community in Iran at about 9,000.<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5juj_KhuuT0v7aaT3PPDmJFbQYrtw?docId=CNG.174be06ad8ee4755308494817ef96f0e.781 |title=AFP: Iran young, urbanised and educated: census |publisher=Google.com |date=2012-07-29 |accessdate=2013-03-09}}</ref> | |||
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