Two members of Iran’s Jewish community have been released from detention following intervention by senior communal leaders, while a third Jewish detainee remains behind bars, according to a report aired on Kan Reshet Bet.

The two men, one from Tehran and the other from Shiraz, had been arrested on suspicion of involvement in protests against the regime of the Ayatollahs. Their release came after prominent figures within Iran’s Jewish community engaged with government authorities on their behalf.

All three were reportedly detained as part of a broader sweep carried out by Iranian security forces in recent weeks, during which numerous individuals were taken into custody. While two of the Jewish detainees have now been freed, efforts are continuing to secure the release of the third individual, with senior community members said to be actively pressing the matter with officials.

At the same time, members of the Jewish community took part over the past day in official events commemorating the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Their participation was widely viewed as a public demonstration of solidarity with the ruling regime.

Homayoun Sameh, the Jewish representative in Iran’s parliament, together with Rabbi Younes Hammami, one of the community’s rabbinic leaders, spoke favorably about the government and what they described as its positive treatment of religious minorities.

Both Sameh and Hammami also granted interviews to Iranian media outlets in which they voiced support for the Islamic Revolution. In one widely circulated image, Shamkh was seen standing alongside Rabbi Hammami while holding a placard that read: “The Islamic Revolution Day is the day of light overcoming darkness.

{Matzav.com}