article_snippet: There have been Jews in Iran for more than 2,500 years.
article_snippet: Many left Iran after the Islamic Revolution in 1979 that brought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power.
article_snippet: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini said Iran wanted to destroy Israel, but Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini also issued a fatwa, a religious decree, saying that Iranian Jews were different to those in Israel and should be considered an integral part of the Islamic Republic.
article_snippet: "Israel and Iran are countries," Sion Mahgrefte said.
article_snippet: And we consider ourselves Iranian Jews, not Israeli Jews.
article_snippet: There is even a Jewish representative in Iran's parliament.
highlights_snippet: Jews have been living in Iran for more than 2,500 years .
  
highlights_snippet: "Israel and Iran are countries, and we consider ourselves Iranian Jews" 