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The ironic thing is the the Persians have been better to the Jews than another people during the Jews History. It really didn't get bad until Alamdouchebag (Ahmadinejad) took power. I personally believe that he has brought down the country and they Iranian people will react by voting his racist butt out of office. I digress here is a previous history of the Israelis and Persians/Iranian prosperous history.

(1) Cyrus the Great - Helped the Jews
Helped the Jews regain the land of Israel and Judea from the Assyrians and Babloyians. Also let them built the 2nd temple.

(2) Byzantine Empire
Allied with the Jews in a revolt against the Byzantines, to which the Jews maintained brief automny, until it is controversial over who betrayed who. But the Byzantines too over briefly again (while the Jews were able to remain in Palestine/Israel), until the Arab Crusader took over.

(3) After 1948 Declaration of Independence-
Iran and Israel has friendly relationship. In the 1950s Iran was one of the first nations to internationally recognize Israel, and was considered one of Israel's closest and few Muslim friends. Israel had an "unofficial" embassy in Iran. Obviously this was the time of the Shah, so it must be taken with a grain of salt.

Aftermath of the Six Day War and the closing of the Suez Canal, Israel transferred large amounts of oil from Iran to European markets via the Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline. In addition, Israel purchased a significant portion of its oil needs from Iran. Apparently, the two nations had numerous business transactions, although the extent of these dealings was never officially quantified. Also, Israeli construction firms and engineers were active in Iran. Iranian-Israeli military links were top-secret, but they are believed to have been wide-ranging.

(4) The Islamic Revolution:
Obviously the relationship turned South:
Ayatollah Khomeini declared Israel as an "enemy of Islam."
Iran withdrew its recognition of the state of Israel and cut off all official relations.

However, there were still secret ties. And Israel was instrument in helping Iran fight against Iraq.

Declassified reports exist which show Israel supplying Iran with weapons during the Iran-Iraq war. [3]. Iran is said to have purchased weapons valued at $2.5 billion from Israel through third party intermediaries during the Iran-Iraq war during the 1980s and 1990s

Project "Flower" Tzur, a joint collaboration between Iran and Israel, aimed to develop a "state-of-the-art sea-to-sea missile, an advanced version of the U.S. Harpoon missile, with a range of 200 kilometers." (See: Ronen Bergman, "5 billion Reasons to Talk to Iran," Haaretz (Tel Aviv), 19 March 1999; in "Israel's Outstanding Debt to Iran Viewed," FBIS Document FTS19990319001273, 19 March 1999. Israeli Defense Minister General Ezer Weizmann and Iranian Vice Minister of War General Hasan Toufanian discussed the co-production of Israel's Jericho-2 missile, code named Project Flower.

And there were no direct threats or even the coming close to war until 2001.

n 2001 Khamenei famously remarked that "this cancerous tumor of a state [Israel] should be removed from the region."

Ali Khamenei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But Khamenei did taken a softer (although far less creditable) stance on war with Israel. Trying to create the presumption that he is highly critical over the situation, but is against military intervention.

In November 2005 Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, rejecting any attack on Israel, called for a referendum in Palestine: We hold a fair and logical stance on the issue of Palestine. Several decades ago, Egyptian statesman Gamal Abdel Nasser, who was the most popular Arab personality, stated in his slogans that the Egyptians would throw the Jewish usurpers of Palestine into the sea. Some years later, Saddam Hussein, the most hated Arab figure, said that he would put half of the Palestinian land on fire. But we would not approve of either of these two remarks. We believe, according to our Islamic principles, that neither throwing the Jews into the sea nor putting the Palestinian land on fire is logical and reasonable. Our position is that the Palestinian people should regain their rights. Palestine belongs to Palestinians, and the fate of Palestine should also be determined by the Palestinian people. The issue of Palestine is a criterion for judging how truthful those claiming to support democracy and human rights are in their claims. The Islamic Republic of Iran has presented a fair and logical solution to this issue. We have suggested that all native Palestinians, whether they are Muslims, Christians or Jews, should be allowed to take part in a general referendum before the eyes of the world and decide on a Palestinian government. Any government that is the result of this referendum will be a legitimate government

Under Khatami, is seemed like it could get better:

Under reformist Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, elected in 1997, some believed Iran and Israel would work to improve relations. While at first Khatami's election did not seem to change anything—he called Israel an "illegal state" and a "parasite," [8] signs of small moderation did appear. For example, Khatami has said that Jews should be "safe in Iran" and that all religious minorities should be protected.[9]. In January 2004, he spoke to an Israeli reporter who asked him on what grounds Iran would recognize Israel. This was believed to be the first time he had spoken publicly with an Israeli [10]. At the funeral of Pope John Paul II in April 2005, Khatami was seated close to Israeli President Moshe Katsav. Katsav said that he shook Khatami's hand and the two had a brief conversation about Iran (Katsav was born in the same province as Khatami). However, Khatami denied this [11]. Other reports indicate that Iran did try to initiate a rapprochement with Israel, recognizing its existence in a proposal to the United States. The report claims that Iran's peace proposal with Israel was not accepted by the United States

Khamenei is also not a brain-death Holocaust denier.

Moreover Khamenei`s main advisor in foreign policy, Ali Akbar Velayati, refused to take part in Holocaust conference. In contrast to Ahmadinejad`s remarks, Velayati said that Holocaust was a genocide and a historical reality

4) AND THEN CAME ALMADOUCHEBAG!!!

He took the relationship to a critical point and now close to war! However, not only with Israel, but with the West and the US. By his call to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth, to Calling the Holocaust a myth, continued military support of Hamas and Hezbollah, his continued threats against Israel (which is really Wagging to the Dog to turn attentions away from the shity Iranian economy under his reign and towards hostilities against Israel) and his illogical persuit of atomic weapons, has inflamed the situation.

HOWEVER, I don't see a war as inevitable and possible a sign of tuning in the other direction. Alamdouchebag was elected in 2005, I believe Iranian Presidents serve for 4 years. Hopefully, in 2009 the Iranians will vote in another direction, just like what will more than likely happen in America (A Democrat is more than likely to get voted in over a Republican).

Correct me if I am wrong, but Khatami, a reformer and moderate, served 2 consecutive terms as President and I Iranian Presidents can only serve 2 terms (I am not too sure on this). That means for a while the Iranians perferred the moderate. If they get another moderate in office, then maybe things can change.