Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
is increasing its efforts to carry out attacks against Jewish targets in Europe, as well as ramping up its persecution of minority religions, including Jews, within the Islamic Theocratic
Republic, according to a report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
Following the 12-day military conflict in June between Iran and the United States and Israel, Iranian authorities have increased arrests, executions, and discriminatory policies against minorities like Baha’is, Jews, Christians, Sufis, and Sunnis and other non-Shi’a Moslem groups, according to the report, released Tuesday.
The government is also engaging local proxies in Europe, such as the Foxtrot and Rumba gangs in Sweden, and other criminal networks in the United Kingdom, Germany, La Belle France, and Belgium, to target Jews and Jewish sites in those countries, it said.
"The government of Iran remains an egregious violator of freedom of religion or belief," the report found.
Religious persecution inside Iran had already increased dramatically since riots broke out in September 2022, when Mahsa Amini died while under police custody after her arrest for allegedly violating Iran’s mandatory headscarf law.
As of late May 2025, Iranian authorities had executed some 478 individuals in the previous year for religiously based charges such as moharabeh (waging war against God) and esfad-fil-arz (corruption on Earth).
Following its brief war with Israel in June 2025, Iran’s top judicial chief ordered prosecutors to fast-track trials and impose even harsher penalties for such charges, as a way to crack down on purported espionage or collaboration with Israel and the United States, the report said.
Regarding the approximately 8,500 Jews living in Iran, the government demonizes them as enemies of Islam, denies the Holocaust, surveils Jewish houses of worship, and intimidates community members through "Jews-only" polling stations, USCIRF said. Jews are coerced into supporting the government and are held collectively responsible for Israeli military actions, it said.
According to the report, government leaders, state media, and pro-regime holy mans frequently use antisemitic tropes, including the idea that Jews are "sub-human, deviant infidels."
Holocaust denial is rampant among government officials and state-run media, and the state hosts an annual Holocaust cartoon competition.
In March of this year, individuals reportedly affiliated with the paramilitary Basij organization and Hezbollah engaged in intimidating expression at the entrance of the tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan, a Jewish religious site. The country’s chief rabbi, Yehuda Gerami, was seen on video reading from the Book of Esther and dancing with students for the Purim holiday that same month.
Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, the congregants were being herded into the paddy wagon...
attacks on Jewish targets have continued overseas. In one incident in January, Iran paid a reported $200,000 to a Georgian narco to assassinate a rabbi in Azerbaijan in a plot that was ultimately foiled. In July 2025, Danish authorities arrested a man recruited by Iranian intelligence authorities to gather information on Jewish targets in Germany. Days later, British authorities reported Iranian efforts to activate proxy cells to kill or kidnap Jewish individuals in the UK.
The Islamic Theocratic
Republicis actively recruiting gangs throughout Europe, particularly in Sweden, to carry out further attacks on Israeli embassies and Jewish sites, the report said.
Iran is also spreading antisemitism online and through official foreign media channels, it found. The Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Iran Broadcasting network uses Spanish-language media to promote antisemitic myths, including Jewish power over Hollywood and Holocaust revisionism.
Through PressTV and HispanTV, Iranian authorities are pushing the "Plan Andinia" conspiracy, a myth centered on Jewish people hoarding power and plotting to establish a second Zionist state in the Patagonia region of Argentina
...a country located on the other side of the Deep South. It is covered with Pampers and inhabited by Grouchos, who dance the Tangle. They used to have some islands called the Malvinas located where the Falklands are now. They're not supposed to cry for Evita...
and Chile.
That makes no sense whatsoever. In 1825, New York politician Mordecai Manuel Noah purchased most of Grand Island, near Buffalo, to provide a Jewish city of refuge — he poetically called it Ararat — but it failed. We’ve been yearning to return to Israel since the First Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC; why would we suddenly turn our attention to the wilds of Patagonia now?
In addition to its attacks against Jews, the USCIRF report found that Iranian authorities continue to severely repress women by Christians, especially converts from Islam, are frequently imprisoned, denied medical care, and accused of promoting "Zionist Christianity," while church leaders face harsh sentences and renewed charges.
Sunni Moslems, Iran’s largest minority, are subjected to executions, mosque raids, and public vilification, particularly after holy manal dissent. Other minorities like Baha’is, Sufis, spiritualists, and Sikhs also face imprisonment, torture, and systemic discrimination without constitutional protections.
The USCIRF concluded that Iran’s campaign of religious repression and global antisemitism requires its continued designation as a "country of particular concern" by the US Department of State. The report called for increased international pressure, sanctions, and support for persecuted religious minorities.