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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (222171)	3/3/2007 2:20:14 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I doubt that info is accurate. Why would they want to keep them? Especially if as you say, the Jews are unwanted elements. Right or wrong, no Iranian is allowed to travel to Israel (same goes for most Islamic countries), but they are making an exception for the Jews. Obviously I disapprove of the limitations, but it sounds nothing like how you paint it. How do I paint it? They are not allowed to emigrate and there have been several mass spy trials that have only increased tensions - as if being rulled by the mullahs wasn't cause enough to worry. How would you paint it? The condition of Iranian Jews has been reported by more than one source - why don't you research it for yourself? There's an established pattern of totalitarian regimes either holding populations captive or expelling them, sometimes first one then the other. I know that Iraqi Jews were held hostage in a similar fashion in the late 1940s, until they were suddenly expelled in the early 1950s. I'm not sure what Iran's reasoning is just now for holding the remaining Jews hostage. BTW, people in the Middle East are usually allowed to leave their countries, and they can go to Israel if they like. It is getting back into their home countries with an Israeli stamp on their passports that will be the problem.