The war prompted Iranian media to allege Iranian Jews are spies

Egyptian site Al Gomhor shows how Iranian Jews have been pawns for propaganda during the war.

During the recent Iran-Israel conflict of 2025, the Jewish community of Iran found itself in an extremely sensitive position. To date, there has been no public political or media activity by members of the community expressing a clear position on the war, amidst a heightened security environment and fears of popular or official reactions.

With the outbreak of war, the head of the Jewish community in Tehran, Homayoun Sameh Yeh—the Jewish representative in the Iranian parliament—rushed to issue a brief official statement affirming the Jewish community's "absolute loyalty to the Iranian state and its rejection of any association with Israel's actions."

Iranian authorities are treating the Jewish community with extreme caution. While they have not announced any repressive measures or arrests of Jews, oversight of their religious and social activities has been tightened, and travel restrictions have been imposed, particularly for those holding dual nationality.

Some newspapers also launched media campaigns accusing "global Zionism" of attempting to "exploit Iranian Jews to gather intelligence about Iran's interior." These accusations were repeated in official media without providing any evidence.

The newspaper expects Jews in Iran will start leaving again, probably to Turkey to begin with but possibly to Israel too. 

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