Source: The Kansas City Star/The Institute for War & Peace Reporting
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/21/1960721/keeping-the-faith-jews-in-iran.html
"Ten years might pass before a wedding takes place in the Jewish community here," said Haroun, who is one of the nearly 40 members of the Jewish community in Yazd, Iran.
"Even though the Jewish population in Yazd has decreased considerably over the past few years, we try to keep the synagogues open and teach our children Hebrew and educate them in the religion," he said.
The Jews of Iran trace their history back 2,600 years. While Iran has had a history of religious tolerance for most of that period, conditions for Jews in the country became markedly more difficult after the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
While Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini assured members of the country's Jewish community that they would not be affected by the country's open hostility to Israel, prominent Iranian Jews almost immediately became targets after the revolution.