Iran 2016 election

[Arminkh]

Iranian Jews Vote On Election Day

Location: Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran)
February 26, 2016


Jewish Iranian prepare to vote in the parliamentary election at a polling station at the Yusef Abad synagogue in Tehran, Iran, 26 February 2016. There are about 17,000 Jewish citizens in Iran, including 7,000 in the capital, Tehran. Due to political tensions between Israel and Iran, Jewish people have felt torn between their two home nations. There is one Jewish seat in the Iranian parliament. Voting has begun in Iran’s parliamentary elections, which mark the first test of the political mood since Iran’s nuclear deal with major powers reached in July. More than 4,800 candidates are running for 290 seats. Voters were also electing the 88 members of the Assembly of Experts, the body that selects a supreme leader, who is Iran’s head of state, and monitors his work. Almost 55 million people are eligible to vote including 8.5 million in the capital Tehran

Credit: EPA

I think this is the first time I see you are not criticizing anything. Do they really consider Israel their 2nd home?

 

[Solomon2]

I think this is the first time I see you are not criticizing anything.

There's a first time for everything!

Do they really consider Israel their 2nd home?

I don't know. I'm an American living in America and the few Iranian Jews I know won't talk about Iran or Israel or any politics at all.

 

[Arminkh]

There's a first time for everything!

I don't know. I'm an American living in America and the few Iranian Jews I know won't talk about Iran or Israel or any politics at all.

Yes that's how I know Iranian Jews as well.

 

[Solomon2]

Yes that's how I know Iranian Jews as well.

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