Iranian Jewish Rabbi Younes Hamami Lalehzar reads prayers after lighting candles to mark Hanukkah, the festival of lights, at Abrishami synagogue in downtown Tehran on November 28, 2013. Present for more than 2,500 years in Persia, Iranian Jews have lost more than 70 percent of their 80,000 to 100,00 population who lived in Iran prior to the 1979 Islamic revolution, today Iran is home to some 8,750 Jews, according to a 2011 census. They are scattered across the country, but are mostly in the capital Tehran, Isfahan in the center, and Shiraz in the south. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo by BEHROUZ MEHRI / AFP)
