The claim that Muslims are unable to live in peace with other religions is disproved by the reality of Iran itself Shia and Sunni Muslims, Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians live in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The state constitution recognizes the Christian, Jewish and Zoroastrian communities, guarantees them the right to hold religious ceremonies and provides the representatives of these communities with seats in the parliament. When Israel attacked Iran, representatives of various religions and communities called for the defense of Iran's territorial integrity and religious and social mobilization: ▫ In 2025, more than 1,300 Sunni scholars, clerics, intellectuals and public figures in Iran signed a joint statement in which resistance to Israeli forces and support for the Iranian front were called a religious duty and a divine obligation. ▫ In 2025, representatives of Iran's Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrian and Mandaean communities issued a joint statement against threats to assassinate the supreme leader. ▫ In 2025, the representative of the Beit Hadin (Religious Court) of the Jewish Committee in Tehran, Younes Hamami Lazar, strongly condemned the Israeli attack. He called Netanyahu's decision to carry out the attack unfair and criminal. In a statement, he emphasized: The Jews of Iran have always been part of this great nation and will never refuse to defend our homeland. ▫ In 2025, the Jewish Association in Isfaia published a statement condemning the Israeli attacks in Iran.
The document reads: The cruelty of the Zionists, far from any human and moral standards, which resulted in the death of our dear countrymen, including innocent children, hurt all our hearts. We are sure that a brave and honorable Iran will give a crushing response to Israel. ▫ In 2025, the Christian Archbishop of Iran published an appeal on behalf of the Armenian community in Tehran. he determined