Iran is to build a huge cultural-sports complex for the Jewish community, which evinces respect for and fair treatment of minorities.

Iranian Housing and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Saidi-Kia along with the representative of the Jewish community in Parliament Morris Motamed broke the ground of the 3300-square-meter complex in Tehran on Tuesday.

“The followers of divine religions live under a single flag in Iran and enjoy the freedom the constitution has granted them,” said Saidi-Kia.

“Establishing such centers can create a strong sense of solidarity in Iran. It will encourage unity and prosperity,” he maintained.

Morris Motamed, for his part, stated that the complex will be inaugurated in two and a half years and will cost 30 billion rials ($3.2 million).

Today, Iran’s Jewish population is the second largest in the Middle East after Israel.

source: presstv

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