Experts say badges for Jews in Iran untrue

"Several experts are casting doubt on reports that Iran had passed a law requiring the country’s Jews and other religious minorities to wear coloured badges identifying them as non-Muslims.

"The Iranian embassy in Otttawa also denied the Iranian government had passed such a law.

"A news story and column by Iranian-born analyst Amir Taheri in yesterday’s National Post reported that the Iranian parliament had passed a sweeping new law this week outlining proper dress for Iran's majority Muslims, including an order for Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians to wear special strips of cloth.

"According to the reports, Jews were to wear yellow cloth strips, called zonnar, while Christians were to wear red and Zoroastrians blue ...

"Sam Kermanian, of the U.S.-based Iranian-American Jewish Federation, said in an interview from Los Angeles that he had contacted members of the Jewish community in Iran — including the lone Jewish member of the Iranian parliament — and they denied any such measure was in place ..."
National Post

[Expect a lot more disinfo coming out about Iran -- remember Iraq and WMDs.]

Tagged: disinfo, disinformation, iran, muslim, judaism, religion, civil+rights