Iran Arrests Jewish Leaders Over Alleged Ties to Israel, Rights Group Says
Iranian authorities have arrested at least 700 people since mid-June on suspicion of collaborating with Israel during the recent war, including several Jewish religious figures and community leaders, according to exiled activists and Israeli media reports.
The French-Iranian women’s rights group Association Femme Azadi reported that rabbis and other leaders in Tehran and Shiraz were detained after being “accused, without evidence, of ties to Israel.” Multiple Israeli news sources reported that members of one Jewish family were arrested and their devices confiscated; the women were later released, but the men—including a rabbi—remain in custody.