1999 arrest of Iranian Jews

yes Islamic Revolutionary Court, Fars province, 3rd branch Sadegh Nourani هشتمین جلسهٔ محاکمه یهودیان متهم به جاسوسی برگزار شد https://www.isna.ir/news/7903-01509 ISNA 2019-08-21 fa Eighth court hearing for Jews accused of spying https://web.archive.org/web/20190818170644/https://www.isna.ir/news/7903-01509/%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%87-%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%85%D9%87-%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF 2019-08-18 live In 1999, the Intelligence Ministry of Iran arrested 13 Iranian Jews, accusing them of spying for Mossad. Security agents arrested 13 Jewish residents of the Iranian cities of Shiraz and Isfahan, including five merchants, a rabbi, two university professors, three teachers in private Hebrew schools, a kosher butcher, and a 16-year-old boy, accusing them of spying for Israel. After a trial in Islamic Revolutionary Court, 10 were sentenced to 4–13 years in prison. The Israeli government and many U.S. Jewish groups and Jewish federations worldwide organized a pressure campaign globally against the Government of Iran, with demonstrations in front of Iranian embassies worldwide. As a result of the pressure campaigns and secret negotiations, the prisoners were gradually freed in small groups. The last prisoners were released on February 19, 2003. First news was leaked online on March 18, but the news was ignored amid the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. All of them emigrated to Israel and live there with their families.Jehl Douglas Arrest of 13 Iranian Jews as Spies Divides Factions in Teheran https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/18/world/arrest-of-13-iranian-jews-as-spies-divides-factions-in-teheran.html The New York Times 2019-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20170913141143/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/18/world/arrest-of-13-iranian-jews-as-spies-divides-factions-in-teheran.html 2017-09-13 1999-06-18 live Collier Robert Thirteen Prisoners in Iran: The Untold Story of a Negotiation That Worked https://nationalinterest.org/commentary/thirteen-prisoners-iran-the-untold-story-negotiation-worked-9544 National Interest 2019-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20150407070308/http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/thirteen-prisoners-iran-the-untold-story-negotiation-worked-9544 2015-04-07 2013-12-11 live Abdo Geneive Outcry as Iran arrests 13 on spy charges https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/11/iran The Guardian 2019-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20170505003017/https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/11/iran 2017-05-05 1999-06-10 live Rubin Michael Khatami's Next Test: The Trial of Thirteen Jews https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/khatamis-next-test-the-trial-of-thirteen-jews Washington Institute for Near East Policy 2019-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20190818161919/https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/khatamis-next-test-the-trial-of-thirteen-jews 2019-08-18 2000-03-11 live Tugend Tom Families fear for 13 Jews Iran calls spies https://www.jweekly.com/1999/06/18/families-fear-for-13-jews-iran-calls-spies/ The Jewish News of Northern California 2019-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20170831172727/https://www.jweekly.com/1999/06/18/families-fear-for-13-jews-iran-calls-spies/ 2017-08-31 1999-06-18 live Michael Theodoulou Uneasy times for Iran's Jews https://www.csmonitor.com/1999/1026/p6s1.html The Christian Science Monitor 2019-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20170831172727/https://www.jweekly.com/1999/06/18/families-fear-for-13-jews-iran-calls-spies/ 2017-08-31 1999-06-18 live Schneider Howard Spying Arrests Heighten Iranian Jews' Anxiety http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-11/22/040r-112299-idx.html?noredirect=on The Washington Post 2019-08-21 https://archive.today/20190818162525/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-11/22/040r-112299-idx.html?noredirect=on 2019-08-18 1999-11-22 live Sheleg Yair Iran Releases Three Jews Jailed for Espionage https://www.haaretz.com/1.5090377 Haaretz 2019-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20190818162242/https://www.haaretz.com/1.5090377 2019-08-18 2019-08-18 dead Sarsalari Maria ملاقات بستگان زندانیان یهودی متهم به جاسوسی با رئیس مجلس http://www.bbc.com/persian/news/010905_ms-jews.shtml BBC Persian 2019-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20190818163029/http://www.bbc.com/persian/news/010905_ms-jews.shtml 2019-08-18 2001-09-05 fa Families of Jewish prisoners accused of spying met Speaker of Majlis live روایتی از ناکامی‌های موساد در تقابل با سرویس‌های اطلاعاتی ایران https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1393/03/02/378924 Tasnim News Agency 2019-08-21 https://archive.today/20190818163411/https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1393/03/02/378924/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86 2019-08-18 2015-05-23 fa A narrative of Mossad's failures against intelligence services of Iran. live The arrests have later been described as discriminatory in the broader view of antisemitism in Iran.Shahvar Soli 2009 The Islamic Regime in Iran and Its Attitude towards the Jews: The Religious and Political Dimensions Immigrants & Minorities 27 1 82–117 10.1080/02619280902895835 0261-9288 See also History of the Jews in Iran Iranian Jews in Israel Allahdad 1910 Shiraz blood libel References Category:Jewish Persian and Iranian history Category:Iran–Israel relations Category:History of Shiraz Category:History of the Islamic Republic of Iran Category:Antisemitism in Iran Category:1999 in Iran Category:1999 in Judaism Category:Anti-Israeli sentiment in Iran Category:Antisemitic attacks and incidents