TOPSHOT-IRAN-RELIGION-JUDAISM

TOPSHOT - Iranian Jewish Es'hagh Akhamzadeh locks the door housing the Torah scroll after placing it in inside the designated cupboard during morning prayers at Youssef Abad synagogue in Tehran on September 30, 2013. Present for more than 2,500 years in Persia, Iranian Jews have lost more than 70 percent of their 80,000 to 100,00 population who lived in Iran prior to the 1979 Islamic revolution, today Iran is home to some 8,750 Jews, according to a 2011 census. They are scattered across the country, but are mostly in the capital Tehran, Isfahan in the center, and Shiraz in the south. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo by BEHROUZ MEHRI / AFP) (Photo by BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Iranian Jewish Es'hagh Akhamzadeh locks the door housing the Torah scroll after placing it in inside the designated cupboard during morning prayers at Youssef Abad synagogue in Tehran on September 30, 2013. Present for more than 2,500 years in Persia, Iranian Jews have lost more than 70 percent of their 80,000 to 100,00 population who lived in Iran prior to the 1979 Islamic revolution, today Iran is home to some 8,750 Jews, according to a 2011 census. They are scattered across the country, but are mostly in the capital Tehran, Isfahan in the center, and Shiraz in the south. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo by BEHROUZ MEHRI / AFP) (Photo by BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT-IRAN-RELIGION-JUDAISM
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