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It was brought up during a meeting with the Jewish delegation

   

 

The Chairman of the IRI Expediency Council (EC):

The officials of the IRI are absolutely against any insult to the Jewish community

 

  The Chairman of the IRI Expediency Council

On Sunday December 31, 2002, the Jewish representative at the Iranian Parliament set up a meeting between a Jewish delegation headed by Rabbi Yousef Hamedani Cohen and Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the Chairman of the IRI Expediency Council (EC) of the country.

At this meeting, Mr. Morris Motamed, the Jewish MP at first presented a short history of the presence and activities of the Iranian Jewish community and then gave a run-down on the present difficulties experienced by the said community in Iran. Mr. Motamed in particular underlined the recent propaganda onslaught waged by the mass media and press in the country against the sanctities of the Jewish faith.

Later, Haroun Yashayaei, the head of the Tehran Jewish Committee cited certain instances of such insults to the sanctities of the Jews and explained the negative effects that these insults may have on the relations between the Muslim and Jewish communities in Iran. He also touched on Imam Khomeini’s (RH) views on drawing a line between Zionism and those faithful to prophet Moses’ religion.  

The Chairman of the IRI Expediency Council

After the ceremonies for the introduction of the Jewish delegation members and a friendly chat with Rabbi Cohen, Ayatollah Rafsanjani expressed his sincere and deep regret on the current state of affairs regarding insults made on the sanctities of the Iranian Jewish community. He went on to add that the officials of the IRI would under no circumstances accept contemptuous treatments and insults afforded to other faiths including Judaism, as this principle constitutes the bases of the IRI political system. He then said that in the early days of the post Revolution era, when people were brimming with emotions and in spite of many pressures, the officials of the IRI vehemently insisted on the rights of the religious minorities in the country and made sure to stipulate and include their rights in the constitution of the country. Painstaking efforts, he added, have been taken to safeguard these rights to this day.

The Chairman of the EC also touched on the fact that it is only natural that the Iranian Jewish community should experience certain negative side effects in the face of current anti Zionism campaign. Mr. Rafsanjani then stated that the IRI officials were truly sorry to see that some religious minorities leave the country for good of they feel they are being oppressed; however, he added, this negative aspect comes as a natural consequence of the Revolution and we hope the day comes when circumstances change and all Iranian nationals living abroad return to their homeland.  

Hashemi Rafsanjani then focused on the stipulated rights by the Jewish MP and the head of the Tehran Jewish Committee and promised his personal assistance for following up the case for their grievances. He con expressing hope that the Palestinian question be soon settled once and for all.

 


 



 

 

 

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