The ones who will pay the price?
Iranian Jews.
The thousands still living in the Islamic Republic—descendants of one of the oldest continued Jewish communities on Earth, with 2,500 years of uninterrupted presence in Persian lands.
But Israel doesn’t care. It never did.
A History of Disposable Communities
Israel didn’t care about Iraqi Jews when Mossad agents bombed Jewish businesses in Baghdad in the 1950s—to spark panic, sow fear, and manufacture a migration crisis that fed the newly declared Jewish state.
It didn’t care when it recruited Arabic-speaking Jews to carry out covert attacks on American and British diplomats in Egypt and Syria, designed to frame Arabs and reinforce Zionist narratives.
And it certainly doesn’t care that every one of these “covert operations” has left behind a predictable pattern:
Broken trust.
Disappearing communities.
Permanent suspicion.
Just like after 9/11, when Muslims in the U.S. and Europe were subjected to mass suspicion, racial profiling, and government surveillance.
It wasn’t right.
But it was predictable.
Because when people don’t have access to truth, they fill the gaps with fear.
And fear has a habit of falling hardest on those with the least power to defend themselves.
The Oldest Community Now Under a Microscope
Iran is home to the largest Jewish population in the Middle East outside of Israel. And no, they’re not living in secret.
They run synagogues. Operate businesses. Attend Jewish schools. They even have a representative in Parliament—a seat reserved in Iran’s constitution alongside Christian and Zoroastrian counterparts.
But every time Israel launches another shadow strike, sends another Mossad agent into Iranian territory, or ramps up the threat of open war—the local Jewish population is the first to fall under suspicion.
Even if they had nothing to do with it.
Even if they condemn it.
That’s how suspicion works.
It doesn’t need facts.
It just needs fire.
Western Hypocrisy Is Not a Moral Compass
No, this doesn’t mean Iran meets our ever-shifting, often arbitrary Western definition of “freedom.”
Whatever that even means anymore.
Because let’s be honest—the West has a short memory. Most of the “freedoms” we now flaunt in the U.S. were granted only in the past few decades. And only after generations of people fought, marched, bled, and died for them.
So no—America is not the planet’s moral bellwether.
And if you weren’t one of the people fighting for those freedoms here at home, maybe don’t lecture others abroad about how fast they should evolve.
This Isn’t About Endorsements. It’s About Accountability.
We’ve consistently called out Iran’s repressive policies toward women, LGBTQ individuals, and political dissenters.
This isn’t about whitewashing the regime.
It’s about resisting lazy propaganda.
The kind that tries to erase 2,700 years of Jewish history just to maintain a cleaner, more convenient narrative. The kind that wants you to believe that Israel’s founding was a “saving grace” for Middle Eastern Jews.
Hardly.
Because identity is complicated.
Not all Jews are Zionists. Not all Iranians chant in sync. And history does not care about your preferred talking points.
Inherited Wounds, Misplaced Blame
For many in the Iranian diaspora, especially those under 50, their view of Iran is inherited. Passed down through exile, filtered through trauma, and deeply personal.
That pain is real.
We’re not here to downplay that. We’re here to document the full story. Even when it doesn’t fit neatly into someone’s ideology. Even when it makes everyone a little uncomfortable.
Always pick truth. Wherever it leads.
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