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Jewish community members said detained in Iran on pretext of involvement in protests
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An Iranian Jewish man prays at the Molla Agha Baba Synagogue in the city of Yazd, 420 miles south of capital Tehran, Iran, November 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Sources close to the Jewish community in Iran tell the Kan public broadcaster that several community members have been detained by Iranian authorities amid an ongoing crackdown following the protests that were brutally repressed.
The sources did not give details on the number or identities of those detained, but denied they had been involved in the demonstrations.
Between 8,000 to 10,000 Jews are believed to live in Iran — meaning the Islamic Republic has the second-largest Jewish population of any country in the Middle East, after Israel.
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