Accessibility links

Breaking News

Report: Iranian President Donates $400,000 to Jewish Hospital


FILE - Dr. Ciamak Morsathegh, head of the Tehran Jewish Committee, visits a patient at the Dr. Sapir Charity Hospital, owned by the Iranian Jewish community, in Tehran, Dec. 26, 2007.
FILE - Dr. Ciamak Morsathegh, head of the Tehran Jewish Committee, visits a patient at the Dr. Sapir Charity Hospital, owned by the Iranian Jewish community, in Tehran, Dec. 26, 2007.
Iranian news agencies report that President Hassan Rouhani has donated $400,000 to a Jewish hospital in Tehran.

Rouhani was quoted as saying his government will pay more attention to Iran's minorities.

The Dr. Sapir charity hospital was founded by and is operated by Jews, but treats all patients and has a large Muslim staff.

At least 25,000 Jews live in Iran. It is the largest Jewish population in the Middle East outside Israel.

President Rouhani's promise to attend to the needs of Iranian Jews is a sharp contrast to his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who denied the Holocaust and called for Israel's destruction.
  • 16x9 Image

    VOA News

    The Voice of America provides news and information in more than 40 languages to an estimated weekly audience of over 326 million people. Stories with the VOA News byline are the work of multiple VOA journalists and may contain information from wire service reports.

XS
SM
MD
LG