Woman in Iran tells Israeli TV that she saw arrest of 10 Iranian Jews

Following unconfirmed reports that several Jewish community leaders in Iran have been arrested in recent days on suspicion of having ties to Israel, a resident of the Islamic Republic tells Channel 12 that she witnessed the arrest of 10 Iranian Jews.

Miriam, who Channel 12 says it has spoken with in the past for reports on life in Iran, says she saw six Jewish women and four Jewish men being arrested at 1:30 am on a recent morning.

Armed men “jumped over the wall” into the courtyard of the area where she lives, threatened residents, and told them to hand over their phones. “I had hidden mine under the carpet as soon as I heard their voices,” she says.

“They took away 10 people simply because they are Jewish… loading them like sheep into the car.”

The six women have since been released on bail, she says.

Rani Amrani, from an Israeli radio station called Ran Radio, says that the Iranian Jewish community recently organized a gathering, attended by its rabbis and by many Iranian Jews who serve in the Iranian army, designed to “avert any suspicion of spying or, heaven forbid, betrayal.”