Monitored phone calls and fear of arrest: What life looks like for Iran’s Jews now

[Guno צְבִי]

Iran’s Jewish community is facing increased surveillance and loyalty pressures, leaving loved ones abroad in fear​

Amid the war in Iran, one Iranian Jewish woman who lives in the United States, but whose family remains in Iran, has been wracked with fear. Before the ceasefire, she spoke with her parents once a week for exactly one minute — both because of the exorbitant cost, about $50 per minute, and because of the fear of surveillance.

During one call a few days into the war, she said, something felt off.

“I could see that something is so wrong. It’s as if someone was there,” the woman, who moved to the U.S. in 2008, said in an interview with the Forward. “It seemed like my mom was actually reading from a note.”

She later learned that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had come to her parents’ home, questioning why they frequently called an American number. They instructed her parents to download Bale, an Iranian messaging app widely believed to be monitored by authorities, before making any further calls.

“It’s a spy app, and everyone knows that,” the woman said with a wry laugh. Her parents refused. Instead, they were told to call their daughter and read from a script while IRGC members watched.



“Basically, they said to prove that you are with us and not with Israel, read this when you call her,” the woman said. “After that day, they didn’t call for a long time.”

Monitored phone calls and fear of arrest: What life looks like for Iran’s Jews now

Iran’s Jewish community is facing increased surveillance and loyalty pressures, leaving loved ones abroad in fear

forward.com

https://forward.com/news/821917/iran-war-jews/

 

[evince]

What religion does


I’m so tired of the major religions trying to kill each other


We live on earth too

Us non religious people live here too


We don’t want religious wars

 

[Hawkeye10]

suuure.

 

[Nomad]

Thank trump.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Iran’s Jewish community is facing increased surveillance and loyalty pressures, leaving loved ones abroad in fear​

Amid the war in Iran, one Iranian Jewish woman who lives in the United States, but whose family remains in Iran, has been wracked with fear. Before the ceasefire, she spoke with her parents once a week for exactly one minute — both because of the exorbitant cost, about $50 per minute, and because of the fear of surveillance.

During one call a few days into the war, she said, something felt off.

“I could see that something is so wrong. It’s as if someone was there,” the woman, who moved to the U.S. in 2008, said in an interview with the Forward. “It seemed like my mom was actually reading from a note.”

She later learned that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had come to her parents’ home, questioning why they frequently called an American number. They instructed her parents to download Bale, an Iranian messaging app widely believed to be monitored by authorities, before making any further calls.

“It’s a spy app, and everyone knows that,” the woman said with a wry laugh. Her parents refused. Instead, they were told to call their daughter and read from a script while IRGC members watched.



“Basically, they said to prove that you are with us and not with Israel, read this when you call her,” the woman said. “After that day, they didn’t call for a long time.”

Monitored phone calls and fear of arrest: What life looks like for Iran’s Jews now

Iran’s Jewish community is facing increased surveillance and loyalty pressures, leaving loved ones abroad in fear

forward.com

https://forward.com/news/821917/iran-war-jews/

Iran has a Jewish community? Who knew?

Well, I'll be damned! There's like 9,000 Jews in a Iran a country of 93 million people making Jews less than one one-thousandth of one percent of the population...

 

[Hawkeye10]

We were told that MOSSAD had a fabulous network inside of Iran, but somehow the Demonic Empire did not understand at all Iranian capabilities. What network they did have was mostly taken out with the Starlink debacle, with Russian assistance.

 

[Walt]

There are 18 countries from Morocco to India, all once had vibrant Jewish communities within the lifetime of some people alive today. Now only two have Jewish communities(Israel and Iran).

Iran is not a good place for Jews, but there are 16 out of 18 places that were worse for Jews. It is in second place, after Israel.