Unconfirmed reports: Jewish community leaders in Iran arrested on suspicion of having ties to Israel

Unconfirmed reports claim that several Jewish community leaders in Iran have been arrested in recent days on suspicion of having ties to Israel, in the aftermath of the 12-day war between the two countries.

According to the French-Iranian women’s rights group Femme Azadi, rabbis and other religious leaders in both Tehran and Shiraz were arrested and accused, without any evidence, of having ties to Israel.

Without citing any sources, Israel’s Ynet news outlet reports that Iranian authorities arrested multiple members of one family and confiscated their electronic devices.

It says the women were later released from custody, but the men, one of whom it says is a rabbi, remain in detention.

Meanwhile, Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency publishes photos of the Jewish community in Tehran gathering yesterday at the Abrishami Synagogue for an event in support of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Iranian military after the war with Israel.

Iranian #Jewish community gathered at Tehran’s Abrishami Synagog
to stand against the Israel regime's aggression.#Iran #IranUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/8d1cpN2Sdz

— I.R. Iran Embassy – Prague (@IRANinCZECH) June 27, 2025

Some 700 people have been arrested in Iran on suspicion of having ties to Israel since June 13, when Israel began its offensive against Iran’s nuclear program, Fars news reported yesterday.

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.