Iranian Jewish men inside the Yousefabad Synagogue, Tehran, Dec. 26, 2011.
The Jewish community in Iran is facing a new wave of serious infections, as several Jews there are fighting for their lives and at least four Jews have died in recent days from the coronavirus, the B’Hadrei Haredim website reported on Monday (
According to Iranian media reports, 258 people have died from the pandemic on Sunday in the country â the highest daily figure since December 10. The widespread wave of infections is threatening the Jewish community in Iran whose members have not yet been vaccinated. Vaccines are not widely available currently in Iran.