In unprecedented move, Tehran Jewish community calls to avoid synagogues amid unrest – Apparently for the first time, Iran’s leading Jewish body says synagogues must close daily at 5 p.m., citing need to protect life as protests rage over woman’s death | Timesofisrael

The small Jewish community in Tehran on Thursday issued an apparently unprecedented letter warning members to avoid synagogues, amid deadly protests rocking Iran following the death of a young woman held for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code.