Colonel Hassan Sayad Khodayari, a colonel in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, was shot dead in Tehran by two men on motorcycles. The assassination occurred in front of Khodayari’s home on Mohajedin Eslam Street in Tehran, with the assailants fleeing the scene without a trace after carrying out the killing • Full Story
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday excoriated the nuclear deal the Biden administration is planning to sign with the Islamic Republic, saying that it will lead to “a more violent, more volatile Middle East,” and Israel will pay the price • Full Story
Rabbi Yaakov Herzog, who lived in Brooklyn until he was 12 and has a US passport, wasn’t afraid to film himself in full Chassidic garb narrating in Hebrew on the streets of Tehran and at the kevarim of Mordechai HaTzaddik and Esther HaMalka. He also met with members of the local Jewish community • Full Story, Photos
Iran has threatened attacks on Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility, Yerushalayim, Tel Aviv, and Haifa in a series of tweets from an account run by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps • Full Story
Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, Senior Shliach to the Islamic country of Turkey, as well as Director of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States, presented a new Sefer Torah to Rabbi Yehuda Gerami, Chief Rabbi of Iran, for use in his community. Iran is home to a local population of over 8,500 Jews, many of whom are closely connected with their local Jewish communities and maintain their Jewish traditions • Watch
Danger in Iran, a new book published by BSD Publishers and authored by Mendy Weiss, is a collection of stories as such. With large and warm illustrations, the young readers -and the adults- will have an enjoyable read as well as a glimpse into the Rebbe’s vast network • Full Story
Baby boy to: Shmuel and Esther Neft (nee Tyshenko) – Toronto.
Baby boy to: Menachem and Esty Sheinberger – Crown Heights
Baby girl to: Meir and Chanie Levinger (nee Richler) – Yerushalayim, Israel
Baby girl to: Chagai and Dassie Meffi (nee Richler) – South Beach, FL
