Yahudi Persia atau
Yahudi Iran (bahasa
Persia: یهودیان ایرانی) (bahasa Ibrani: יהודים פרסים) adalah
Yahudi yang dalam sejarah dikaitkan dengan Iran, yang secara traditional dikenal sebagai
Persia dalam sumber-sumber Barat.
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Yahudi Tehran, jumlah penduduk
Yahudi di Iran diperkirakan sekitar 25,000 sampai 35,000, yang diperkirakan 15,000 di antaranya berada di Tehran sementara sisanya berada di Hamadan, Shiraz, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Yazd, Kerman, Rafsanjan, Borujerd, Sanandaj, Tabriz dan Urmia. Namun, sensus resmi negara 2011 mencatat hanya 8,756
Yahudi di Iran.
Saat ini, istilah
Yahudi Iran kebanyakan digunakan untuk merujuk kepada
Yahudi dari negara Iran.
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Referensi
Artikel ini memadukan teks dari Jewish Encyclopedia 1901–1906 article "
Persia", sebuah terbitan yang kini berada di ranah publik.
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Persia". The Wiener Library Bulletin. XXXII (New series 49/50).
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Sanasarian, Eliz (2000). Religious Minorities in Iran. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-77073-6.
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Persia as It Is: Being Sketches of Modern Persian Life and Character. Cambridge: Adamant Media Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4021-9297-5.
Karmel Melamed, Persian Jews politicking on Rodeo Drive Diarsipkan 2007-09-30 di Wayback Machine. JTA International Wire News Service, February 20, 2007
Pranala luar
Sephardic Studies, Iran
History of the Iranian Jews
Parthia (Old Persian Parthava) Diarsipkan 2011-06-04 di Wayback Machine.
Former Jewish Ghetto in Tehran
Media
Documentary about Iranians in Israel di YouTube
Pictures of Persian Jews
Iranian Jewish Chronicle Magazine Diarsipkan 2007-07-06 di Wayback Machine.
"Jews of Iran" Documentary covering temporary Jewish life in Iran
Iran Chamber Society The Cyrus Prism: The Decree of return for the Jews, 539 BCE, edited by Charles F. Horne,
In Search of Cyrus the Great, directed by Cyrus Kar, in production. (preview only Diarsipkan 2010-03-04 di Wayback Machine.
Serba-Serbi
Tehran Jewish Committee