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Iran claims synagogue in Tehran was ‘completely destroyed’ by US-Israeli strike

JL;DR SUMMARY Iranian state media claims a U.S.-Israeli strike demolished the Rafi-Niya Synagogue in Tehran, though the report remains unverifiable. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityIranConflictReligious SitesTehranReligious PersecutionRafi Niya SynagogueU.S. Israeli StrikeHomayoun Sameyah Najafabadi

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Tehran, Iran
"The Rafi-Niya Synagogue is located near Palestine Square, an epicenter of the Iranian regimes anti-Israel propaganda."
Iran
"About 8,000 Jews live in Iran and worship in dozens of synagogues."
Israel
"A regime that targets civilians and sacred spaces of all religions has no red lines, the ministry wrote in a post on X."

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