Jews in Iran?

I am posting this because it goes against what I think most of us think about the Middle East - that Jews only live in Israel, and if they stray outside their homeland, they face terrible hardships. The truth is Jews used to live all over the Middle East - I have heard that at one point Baghdad was about 30% Jewish - and their religion is not hated. What is hated is Zionism and the Israeli state, which are seen by the more astute (idiots live everywhere) as separate from Judaism. Now, I think this article is very interesting because it shows that Iranian Jews can co-exist with their Muslim neighbors. It mentions that many Iranian Jews leave the country every year, and I know for a fact that many of them are able to come to the United States as refugees. This is likely a political thing, with the United States admitting them as refugees in order to prove that the Iranian regime is oppressive and mean. I also know that the Iranian constitution discusses the rights of religious minorities, and guarantees a Jewish seat in the Majlis (the parliament). Interesting to think about...