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Since it's worthless, I'll redirect this article to History of the Jews in Iran. --HistorNE (talk) 02:23, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Additional informations from this talkpage, based on citations from article Israel ii. Jewish Persian Community, Encyclopædia Iranica, by David Yeroushalmi (do not confuse him with this namesake), Jewish Israeli professor from Tel Aviv University.

  • Regarding numbers: Owing to emigration and natural growth, the number of Jews of Persian origin in Palestine is said to have reached 7,275 in 1926 and some 16,000 souls in 1935 ... An estimated population of some 20,000 to 30,000 Persian emigrants in 1948 ... According to official figures provided by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics and by the Jewish Agency, the number of Persian immigrants who arrived in Israel between May 1948 through the end of December 1989 (i.e., the first decade of the Islamic Revolution in Iran) amounted to 74,148 souls. Considering Iranian censuses (62,258 in 1976; 26,354 in 1986), we get at least 52,000 Iranian Jews who emigrated from Iran during Pahlavi period just to Israel. From 1979 till today almost identical number emigrated from Iran to all other countries. If we consider thousands of Iranian Jews who migrated toward Western countries till 1979, there's no doubt more of them emigrated in Pahlavi then IRI period.
  • Regarding motives: Moreover, because of a variety of historical conditions inside Persia, mainly the absence of state-wide persecution or popular harassment of Jews, freedom of movement and immigration from and into Persia during the years 1948-79 (and actual possibilities for immigration from Persia since the establishment of the Islamic Republic), the Persian immigrants who moved to Israel ordinarily did so out of their own free will. These immigrants, as well as those who settled in Mandatory Palestine, did not perceive themselves as victims, refugees or displaced individuals whose immigration was imposed on them by events or forces beyond their personal control.

Considering this, claims about some post-revolutional "mass-migration" driven by "religious intolerance" in complete nonsense and WP:OR based on non-reliable media outlets and bad math. Also, it's name is unsourced and politically motivated because all articles named as "exoduses" refers to expulsions. --HistorNE (talk) 05:23, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It is fears of religious persecution, and the migration wave actually started prior to the Revolution. I don't understand what is your problem with the article. The migration of Iranian Jews from late 1970s is a distinct event from the Jewish exodus from Arab countries and happened for different reasons (and persecution is not the main one).GreyShark (dibra) 16:26, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
"Fears of religious persecution"? Says who, Fox News? I gave you academic sources which clearly states otherwise. According it, migrations are continious in past 100 years, about thousand emigrate per year. We already have two articles with almost same content: History of Jews in Iran and Persian Jews. Beside, you don't have to search media news to find precise number, all Iranian censuses are avaliable online. --HistorNE (talk) 13:54, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Our article states that:

  1. According to Littman 70,000 Iranian Jews immigrated to Israel between 1948–1978. [3]
  2. "At the time of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, 60,000 Jews were still living in Iran.[4]"
  3. in 1979 "Jewish emigration from Iran dramatically increased"
  4. "Since the Revolution, Iran's Jewish population, some 30,000 Jews, have emigrated to the United States, Israel, and Europe (mainly to the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland).[5]"

How can Jewish immigration dramatically "increase" from 60,000 in the 30 years prior to the revolution to 30,000 in the 35 years since the revolution?

Unsourced claims in the lead contradicted by referenced material in the article body include:-

  1. "Most of 70,000-strong Iranian Jewish community exited Iran between 1978 and early 1980s" - See above 70,000 had already emigrated to Israel prior to 79
  2. In total, about 90% of Iranian Jews fled or migrated from the country through the last 35 years. -
  3. A small Jewish community of 7-10 thousands still resides in Iran as a protected minority. (referenced figures in the article body range from 9,00-25,000) Dlv999 (talk) 08:23, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
See additional sources, now added.GreyShark (dibra) 20:30, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, it seems the numbers for post-1948 immigration are between 8% to 33% of total Jewish community. The 70,000 figure by Littman seems exaggerated.GreyShark (dibra) 22:23, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge request to History of Jews in Iran[edit]

Overlap: There are two or more pages on related subjects that have a large overlap and might be WP:REDUNDANT

There is no other Wikipedia page for the "exodus" of Jews from any other specific country, and all the information for every Muslim country for example, is combined on Jewish exodus from the Muslim World, which is the only other page on Wikipedia titled for Jewish "exodus"

Also possible POV and title change request to Emigration of Iranian Jews to ensure impartiality. Gamalny (talk) 20:29, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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