{"id":43841,"date":"2020-10-07T10:20:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T10:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/?p=43841"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:31:21","slug":"christians-and-jews-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/christians-and-jews-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Christians and Jews in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran recognizes Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/zoroastrianism-mazdayasna-in-iran\/\">Zoroastrianism<\/a> <\/strong>as official religions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judaism and Christianity in <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/why-iran-isnt-an-arab-country\/\" title=\"Why Iran Is Persian, Not Arab \u2013 Essential Cultural Insights\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85871\">Iran<\/a> are represented by small but significant religious communities that can also be regarded, to some extent, as distinct ethnic groups.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-43855\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Esther-and-Mordecai.jpg\" alt=\"Esther And Mordecai\" class=\"wp-image-43855\" title=\"Esther And Mordecai\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Esther-and-Mordecai.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Esther-and-Mordecai-780x520.jpg 780w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Esther-and-Mordecai-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Esther-and-Mordecai-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Esther-and-Mordecai-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Esther-and-Mordecai-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Esther-and-Mordecai-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Esther and Mordecai is a 1685 oil on panel painting by Arent de Gelder, a pupil of Rembrandt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/christians-and-jews-in-iran\/#jews-in-iran\" >Jews in Iran<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"#\" data-href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/christians-and-jews-in-iran\/#christianity-in-iran\" >Christianity in Iran<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jews-in-iran\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"jews-in-iran\"><\/span>Jews in Iran<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jews have lived in Iran since ancient times, and Iran has a special place in Jewish history and the development of Judaism: Cyrus the Great, who liberated the Jews from the Babylonian captivity and authorized the rebuilding of the Temple, was called by Isaiah the \u201canointed of the lord\u201d; Queen <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/tomb-of-esther-and-mordechai\/\" title=\"Explore Esther and Mordechai&#8217;s Tomb in Hamedan\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4113\">Esther and Mordechai<\/a> supposedly lived at the court of an Iranian king (their tombs are still believed to be in Hamad\u00e2n, home to one of the country\u2019s largest Jewish communities).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-43856\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Tomb-of-Esther-and-Mordechai-in-Hamedan-Iran..jpg\" alt=\"The Tomb Of Esther And Mordechai In Hamedan, Iran.\" class=\"wp-image-43856\" title=\"The Tomb Of Esther And Mordechai In Hamedan, Iran.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Tomb-of-Esther-and-Mordechai-in-Hamedan-Iran..jpg 1500w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Tomb-of-Esther-and-Mordechai-in-Hamedan-Iran.-780x520.jpg 780w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Tomb-of-Esther-and-Mordechai-in-Hamedan-Iran.-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Tomb-of-Esther-and-Mordechai-in-Hamedan-Iran.-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Tomb-of-Esther-and-Mordechai-in-Hamedan-Iran.-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Tomb-of-Esther-and-Mordechai-in-Hamedan-Iran.-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Tomb-of-Esther-and-Mordechai-in-Hamedan-Iran.-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/tomb-of-esther-and-mordechai\/\" title=\"Explore Esther and Mordechai&#8217;s Tomb in Hamedan\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4112\">Tomb of Esther<\/a> and Mordechai in Hamedan, Iran.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The Jews did not always enjoy the special favor given them in Achaemenid times, but the community flourished and become so thoroughly assimilated\u2014speaking Persian and adopting Iranian customs\u2014as to be recognizably different from other Iranians only in their religious identity.<\/span>Prior to the Revolution of 1979\u201380 there were about 80,000 Jews in Iran; the number has since dropped to less than 20,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/iran-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/surfiran-tours.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Tours with SURFIRAN\" class=\"wp-image-69140\" title=\"Iran Tours with SURFIRAN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/surfiran-tours.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/surfiran-tours-780x310.jpg 780w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/surfiran-tours-768x306.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-christianity-in-iran\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"christianity-in-iran\"><\/span>Christianity in Iran<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Christianity also has a long, but rather complicated, history in Iran. According to Christian tradition, contacts with Iran began with the visit of the Three Wise Men (Magi; Iranian priests) to Bethlehem and continued through the first century with the visits of various apostles to spread Christianity in the east.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-43858\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Christianity-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"Armenians In Tehran\u2019s St. Sarkis Cathedral\" class=\"wp-image-43858\" title=\"Armenians In Tehran\u2019s St. Sarkis Cathedral\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Christianity-in-Iran.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Christianity-in-Iran-780x520.jpg 780w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Christianity-in-Iran-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Christianity-in-Iran-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Christianity-in-Iran-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Christianity-in-Iran-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Armenians in Tehran\u2019s St. Sarkis Cathedral. Photo by Mehr News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>By the third century, Christianity was flourishing throughout the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/sasanian-empire\/\" title=\"The Sasanian Empire: Persia\u2019s Last Ancient Dynasty\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85874\">Sassanid empire<\/a> and organized into what could be called an officially recognized \u201cPersian Church.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once Christianity became the official religion of the Late Roman\/Byzantine empire, Sassanid Iran\u2019s main enemy, Christians were suspected of being a potentially subversive fifth column in the country and sometimes subjected to severe persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:64px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#1e0e7c;line-height:.9\"><strong>APPLY ONLINE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" id=\"schedule-a-visit\" style=\"color:#1e0e7c;font-size:35px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;line-height:1.15\">Iran Tourist visa<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/iran-tourist-visa\/\" style=\"border-radius:50px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#f94931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">Apply Now<\/mark><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:64px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The doctrinal intolerance of the Western church, however, drove many Christian dissidents, especially Nestorians, to seek refuge in Iran, where they were welcomed and encouraged to propagate their faith.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-43859\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Saint-Thaddeus-Cathedral.jpg\" alt=\"Saint Thaddeus Cathedral\" class=\"wp-image-43859\" title=\"Saint Thaddeus Cathedral\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Saint-Thaddeus-Cathedral.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Saint-Thaddeus-Cathedral-780x520.jpg 780w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Saint-Thaddeus-Cathedral-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Saint-Thaddeus-Cathedral-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Saint-Thaddeus-Cathedral-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Saint-Thaddeus-Cathedral-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Saint-Thaddeus-Cathedral-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Saint Thaddeus Cathedral (Qara Kelissa), West Azarbaijan, Iran. Believed by some to have been first built in 66 AD by Saint Jude. Local Armenians believe that he and Simon were both buried here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>From the fifth century onwards, the \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/the-most-famous-churches-in-iran\/\">Persian Church<\/a><\/strong>\u201d was essentially independent from the West in administration and Nestorian in doctrine. After the rise of Islam, the presence of Christianity in Iran gradually eroded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f94931\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:25px;line-height:1.2\"><strong>Best Hotels in Iran<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-8c8af59c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/orienttrips.com\/hotel?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=surfiraninbanner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Click and explore<\/mark><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/abbasi-hotel-1024x576.jpg);background-position:52% 66%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orienttrips.com\/hotel?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=surfiraninbanner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/abbasi-hotel-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Book A Hotel In Iran\" class=\"wp-image-62099 size-full\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/abbasi-hotel-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/abbasi-hotel-780x439.jpg 780w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/abbasi-hotel-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/abbasi-hotel-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/abbasi-hotel-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/abbasi-hotel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/abbasi-hotel.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The main surviving remnant of this ancient Christian community in Iran is now found among the people generally known as \u201cAssyrians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are approximately 60,000 <strong>Assyrians in Iran<\/strong>, concentrated in the area around Lake Urmia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A little less than half of them still belong to the Ancient Church of the East, which rejects all of the Orthodox Church Councils except for the Council of Nicaea and follows the quasi-Nestorian theology of Theodore of Mopsuestia (d. 428).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Half are Eastern Catholics (\u201cChaldeans\u201d), who broke away from the Ancient Church of the East in the sixteenth century. They also have a liturgy in Syriac but are in communion with Rome and accept the theology of the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-43861\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Assyrian-Universal-Alliance-in-Tehran..jpg\" alt=\"Assyrian Universal Alliance In Tehran\" class=\"wp-image-43861\" title=\"Assyrian Universal Alliance In Tehran\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Assyrian-Universal-Alliance-in-Tehran..jpg 1500w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Assyrian-Universal-Alliance-in-Tehran.-780x520.jpg 780w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Assyrian-Universal-Alliance-in-Tehran.-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Assyrian-Universal-Alliance-in-Tehran.-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Assyrian-Universal-Alliance-in-Tehran.-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Assyrian-Universal-Alliance-in-Tehran.-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Assyrian-Universal-Alliance-in-Tehran.-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The 50th establishment anniversary of Assyrian Universal Alliance in <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/does-it-snow-in-iran\/\" title=\"Does It Snow in Iran? A Traveler\u2019s Winter Guide\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85873\">Tehran<\/a>. Photo by Mehr News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The remaining Assyrians, two or three thousand in number, are converts to Protestantism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Armenians <\/strong>make up the other, and by far the largest, group of Christians in contemporary Iran (numbering well over a quarter million). When Armenia was under Safavid rule, Shah \u2018Abb\u00e2s forced as many as 300,000 Armenians to relocate to New Julfa, a suburb of his capital at <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/khordad-national-uprising\/\" title=\"Khordad National Uprising\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85872\">Isfahan<\/a>; it remains the spiritual and cultural center of Armenian Christianity in Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-related-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/biblical-sites-and-christian-districts-sacred-tourism-attractions-of-iran\/\">Biblical Sites and Christian Districts: Sacred Tourism Attractions of Iran<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/exploring-irans-diverse-ethnicities-a-guide-to-its-people\/\">Iran&#8217;s Diverse Ethnicities: A Guide to its People<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/the-people-of-iran-ethnicities-and-cultures\/\">The People of Iran: Ethnicities and Cultures<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/how-is-hanukkah-celebrated-in-iran\/\">How is Hanukkah Celebrated in Iran?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/do-the-iranian-people-celebrate-christmas\/\">Do the Iranian People Celebrate Christmas?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;43841&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;15&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;5\\\/5 - (15 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Christians and Jews in Iran&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;102.5&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 16px; 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