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Iran unveils monument for fallen Jewish-Iranian soldiers
Times of Israel ^ | 28 Dec 2014 | ToI

Posted on 08/09/2017 3:26:00 AM PDT by Cronos

The graves of Jewish-Iranian soldiers in Tehran who fell during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, December 15, 2014. (Photo credit: IRNA)

In a ceremony in Tehran on Monday, a senior Iranian parliament member praised the Iranian Jewish community’s ties to the state and its “obedience” to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ruhollah Khomeini before him.

The Islamic Republic News Agency published a series of photos from the ceremony, part of which was held at the grave sites of the Jewish soldiers.

Iran, a home for Jews for more than 3,000 years, has the Middle East’s largest Jewish population outside of Israel, an estimated 20,000.

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FYI. Btw, there are no Jews allowed in US allies Saudi Arabia or Qatar
1 posted on 08/09/2017 3:26:00 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos
“obedience” to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ruhollah Khomeini before him.

So, this would cover the human waves of kids sent to slaughter in the killing fields with the Iran/Iraq war? Could jewish kids have been used?


2 posted on 08/09/2017 3:31:29 AM PDT by C210N (It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
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To: Cronos

Yep, but America is still evil according to Iran I am guessing.


3 posted on 08/09/2017 3:38:37 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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According to the government. It seems that the local populace don’t trust what the Ayatollahs say and are not anti-American in general


4 posted on 08/09/2017 3:45:19 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: C210N

It doesn’t look like Jewish or Christian children were used as child soldiers during the Iran Iraq war — the child soldiers were under the Basij, an Islamic group who wanted Islamic martyrs, not infidels.


5 posted on 08/09/2017 3:47:29 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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6 posted on 08/10/2017 5:07:51 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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Only good Jooo! is a dead ‘un.

Any monuments to Akhwazis born with birth defects?


7 posted on 08/10/2017 11:08:07 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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