Isfahan, located on the route from Tehran to the Persian Gulf, hosts one of Persia's oldest Jewish communities, dating back to various early historical periods as reported by Pehlevi, Armenian ...

For example, Jews experienced persecution in medieval Yemen, and in 1656 they were expelled from Isfahan, Iran. But if you were a Jew living in the vast and long-lasting Ottoman Empire ...

Despite heightened tensions with the West and strict Sharia laws, 9,000 Jews still live in Iran—and they have no plans to leave anytime soon.