Ciamak Moresadegh

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Dr. Ciamak Moresadegh is the sole Jewish MP in the Majlis of Iran. He is the director of the Tehran Jewish Committee and the Dr. Sapir Hospital and Charity Center in Tehran, where he is a practicing doctor.[1][2][3] In response to an aliyah of 40 Persian Jews from Iran to Israel in 2007, Moresadegh responded that the Jews in Iran are not in danger from the policies Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[4][5]

In the Iranian legislative election, 2008, Ciamak Moresadegh was elected to represent Persian Jews in the Iranian Parliament.[6]

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  1. ^ Iranian Jews Say Republic Safe for Them ABC News
  2. ^ Iranian Jewish leader calls immigration of 40 Jews to Israel a 'misinformation campaign' The Associated Press
  3. ^ In Ahmadinejad's Iran, Jews still find a space Christian Science Monitor
  4. ^ Jews in Iran not in danger, Tehran Jewish Committee leader says Denver Post
  5. ^ Iranian Jews Say Republic Safe for Them ABC News
  6. ^ Results for the minority MPs: final result for the religious minority representatives running for the 8th round of parliamentary elections in Iran. Press TV