In 19th century #Iran, Jews suffered all the problems of the Ottoman realm but with none of the advantages. They were even "forbidden to go out when it rains; for it is said the rain would wash dirt off them, which would sully the feet of [Muslims]". commentarymagazine.com/articles/the-d…
"There was no real change [in the Jewish circumstance in #Iran] until after the constitutional revolution of 1905, and no substantial improvement in the condition of Persian Jews until after the fall of the Qajar dynasty in 1925."
The Pahlavi dynasty in #Iran, and Muhammad Reza (the last #Shah) in particular, brought #Jews into the life of the country in a way that had not been known before (a prominent example is Habib Elghanian). This was part of what antagonised the #Islamists that seized power in 1979.
