Persians of Israel: Menashe Amir (Part 1 - Israel's Farsi-speaking Voice to Iran)

For more than half a century, Israeli broadcast journalist Menashe Amir spoke to the Iranian people through Israeli state broadcaster Voice of Israel’s Farsi radio service, keeping them informed about news from Israel and Iran. In this Persians of Israel episode, Iran-born Amir tells VOA’s Michael Lipin how he made his start in journalism in Iran itself, before a life-changing visit to Israel persuaded him to immigrate to the young, Jewish nation that declared independence in 1948. After decades of phone conversations with Iranian listeners, Amir shares what he learned about their attitudes toward Iran’s Islamist rulers, who severed Tehran’s once-friendly relationship with Israel when they seized power in a 1979 Islamic Revolution. Amir also reflects on the Persian Israeli community’s evolution since Israel’s early decades - a period in which some Persian Israelis achieved social prominence, while others lost proficiency in their mother tongue.

[@kamranahoora7670]

Hello. As an IRANIAN, I love all Iranian compatriots of any religion and ethnicity, especially my dear Jewish compatriots all over the world and Israel. We, the ordinary people of IRAN, have no enmity with the people of Israel, and only politics and politicians have problems with each other. I wish that one day all my dear Jewish compatriots can come to their homeland. With the utmost love and respect for the people of ISRAEL from IRAN. ❤

[@alimollaei8848]

I wish one day soon All Iranians in exile Including Jewish Iranians who are part of our country even before Muslims will come back to their home country to visit and stay with their memories, relatives and help to build our country IRAN to the level we deserve. We deserve to love each other rather than hate. As a Muslim, I would say many of my best friends whom I could trust more than Muslim people were Jewish and Christians. I do respect them all and we are all Iranian First then whatever religion we have.

[@mrzamrza9345]

Mr. Amir, stay safe and healthy. Hopefully one day Iranian can visit this small fantastic museum.

[@agostocobain2729]

Amir joon, you're hero for helping our people back home, warning them about bombings in cities. Lots of love and health to you Agah joon.

[@asrafilhaji-abolghasemi]

درودبشما آقای منشه امیر اشک آدم درمیاید انزمان قبل از57 ایران وهرکداممان بایک دنیا آرزو. بیرون آمدیم ومن خودم سه نوه هم دارم ودو سوم زندگیم رادرغربت میگذرانیم بااین امید که برگردیم بوطنمان وبتوانیم این بیگانگان رابیرون کنیم ویک ایران آزاد ومثل گذشته داشته باشیم.هویت ملی وهمبستگی ملی مشکل ما ایرانیان راحل میکند.

[@alo6073]

Good to see your life style etc.!👍🌷👍 I normally follow you in Sharam Homayoun talk show! Long life.🌷

[@royarezaei913]

Quand je vivais encore en iran,nous avions habitude d’écouter votre radio 🙂

[@Ghassaab13]

من یه پسر ۲۳ساله ام و در کرج زندگی میکنم،امیدوارم روزی برسه که ایران بشه باز ایران❤

[@faramarzfatigh1396]

Mr Amir I want to come and work with you Mr amir

[@mnn3827]

مناشه امیر امیدوارم به زودی دو باره در ایران شما را ببینیم ، ایران ازاد ،

[@albertlugassy3610]

Great story thank you for sharing . U.S.A

[@albertlugassy3610]

Thanks Amir

[@mnn3827]

IRAN 💙 Israel 💙👏🇮🇱🕊✡🕎 Love to Israel 💙👏💙🕊🇮🇱💙🇮🇱👏✡🕊💙🇮🇱🕊💙🕊

[@mnn3827]

Shalom ISRAEL 💙🕊🇮🇱🕊💙🕊🙏 درود فراوان بر همه یهودیان دنیا 💙💙💙 اسرائیل اولین و آخرینه و بهترین در دنیا 🙏💙✡🕎💙🙏💙 من یک ایرانی اصیل هستم ، عاشق اسرائیل هستم ، اسرائیل بهترین دوست ما ایرانیان بوده در زمانه شاهنشاه آریامهر پهلوی ، ما هیچ مشکلی با اسرائیل نداشتیم و نداریم ، و الان هم دوست ما ایرانیان هست ، 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙👏💙💙💙💙💙👏💙💙💙💙

[@arsalanmirza3411]

WHAT IS “HIGH CLASS” FAMILIES? 🧐 IS THIS SIMILAR TO THE INDIAN “CASTE SYSTEM? 😘

[@MehWhatever99]

I think it just means rich people.

[@brucel.2919]

khameneii is a friend of Israel, some day the whole world will know this . I hope. Israel was the main force to remove the shah and bringing this regime on, mojtava khamenei , the son of Ali akhamenei is constantly in touch with the Israelis!

[@mnn3827]

اسرائیل 💙🇮🇱🙏🇮🇱💙👉قلب ما ایرانیان اسرائیل 💙💙👉 دوست ما ایرانیان اسرائیل 💙🇮🇱🇮🇱🙏🙏🕎✡💙🕊🙏🇮🇱💙💙✡

[@yossifelder6775]

Judaism✡️ yes. Zionism no. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸באפריי פאליסטיין

[@mnn3827]

IRAN 💙Israel 💙👏🙏🙏💙🇮🇱🕊💙 اسرائیل بهترین دوست ما ایرانیان بوده و خواهد بود 💙🕊💙🇮🇱🙏🕊💙 در زمانه شاهنشاه آریامهر پهلوی ما ایرانیان هیچ مشکلی با اسرائیل نداشتیم و نداریم اسرائیل بهترین دوست ما ایرانیان بوده و خواهد ماند تا ابد 💙🕊💙🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌷🌷🌷⚘🌷⚘🌷⚘⚘⚘⚘🌷🌷

[@ShonMardani]

Please tell me if I made any errors in my findings, thanks. I have a $6000 budget for the experts to validate or invalidate and document my findings. If validated, I have $60,000 to translate the Hebrew bible. Hebrew is Farsi with a Kordish/Lori accent and was invented in Isfahan, Iran in the 14th century. Hasidim = hassoodeem = [we are] jealous, the reason we assassinated prophet Mohammad, his family and his descendants in Karbala (Kabala) Haredim = khareedim = we purchased Kabe in Mecca, not stole it from prophet Mohammad and his uncle Ashkenazi = ask-nareezeei = do not cry [over the past wrong doings] Ortodox = ostovar-ast = it is solid and stable [no need to worry about our mistakes and continue teaching it] Cedar sinai = see-marde-salar = 30 [persian] governor Mount Sini = marde-salar = righteous or king like man (salar> saal-avar, means a person who help to bring more years to our life) Yahood = yar-joo = prostitute. Yahoodi = yar-jooee = prostitution. Israel = ast-rahe-hal = [it] is the [final] solution. Zion = zan-yaab = women finder/sex slave recruiter/pimp. Tora = tobehha = redemptions (tou-beh means you are better, i did wrong to you) Genesis = jennan-ast = [they are] monsters Hashem = haakem = ruler or lawmaker. Rabbi = rahbar = leader Goku Magog = begoo-magoo = say it and do not say it or argument. Judaism = jendeh-bazi-ast = [it is] prostitution mikvah = mostarah = Persian toilet Menorah = marde-noor-avar = [the] light brought by man [not nature] Kedusha = Khoob-dooshha = good people or friends Klipa = khalaf-kar = bad-doer or criminal Yom Kippur = yo-me-kaffar = tribe of non-believers [in God/Good/khoob] Keideshe = khodeshe = [that is] the right person Chanaka = Khaneh-karr = working from home (is the day that jews moved the prostitutions from temples which where closing by community, to their homes and later made sukkots to separate the working women) Sukkots = sakeneh-ast = female resident/occupant Kabala = karbala = name of the place where 72 men, women and children were slaughtered, their names became 72 jewish Gods name Bar kokhba = barkhordha = collisions, battles synagogue = sedda-ghah = place to voice [your opinion] Tzimtzum = zir-zabun = under the tongue (where you put the Sefirot poison) Sefirot = sefyeed-ab = name of the chemical used to remove the pubic hairs Makan khalas = makane-khaksar = the burial site Eyn-sof = ensaaf = fairness Shtibi = eshtebahi / ast tabahi = that it is/was a mistake Ayin-yesh = ayandehash = being aware of the future, knowing the consequences of criminal actions as a detrance Chuba = tou-beh = redemption and ask for forgiveness from the victim [not the God] Moshe = mordeh-shoor = dead washer Jerusalem = jendehbaz-aalam = the world of prostitute lovers, the world of brothel houses or temples Temple = tan-bar = [where you find] another body next to you Abraham or Avraham = avareha = evicted/rejected by community, homeless Messiah = masseer-yab = path or direction finder Essa Messiah = ensane-maseeer-yab = [a] human who finds the right/correct direction Havdalah = haal-beddehha = people who give pleasure and wine, clean nails and fingers are part of the traditions Mezuzah= "mard-joo-ha = women seeking men Noahide = no-aeen = new/modern ideology Covenant = kaah-farman-ast = [it is a] written order on paper made from stra, first form of paper Na’aseh V’nishma = nakhayer-va-nemysheh = no and it will not happen Isaiah = azaad-raah = open road, freedom Assyria = asseer-rahha = slave/prisoner freeing, freedom fighters Christ = kaar-raast = straight, right, good worker, good doer Bybylan = be-mallan = poor people Hezekiahs = azzadeh-khaah = freedom seeker Pasuk = paasokh = answer Noah = nagah = uninformed or ignorant Modaki = mordeh-khor = person who steals from killed and dead Shalom = saalem = [hope you are] healthy mamash = maal-e-maast = it is totally owned by us shomer shabbat > shohare-saabet > partner / husband who is steady / long term Testament > dast-on-mard" = from the hand of that man BARUCJ HASHEM = be-roohe haakem = for the soul or sake of the ruler Mitzvah = be-zoor-raah = forced way/road/direction parashot or parashiyot = par-par-shod = it turned into page/paper/par tzedakah = eskenas = paper money Adam = aadam or aan-mard = that man Sin = sen = age [limit] God = Good = Khoob, another Farsi word

[@mrvarand736]

i will buy you one way ticket to israel

[@Hannah-ck7ig]

Dear mr Amir, I do not care about Shahram the way questioning you. I am unable to comment in his show..many people think he works for Islamic Mafia of Iran OF iRAN

[@mrvarand736]

Amir works for Israeli apartheid regime . same shit

[@mnn3827]

درود بر جناب آقای مناشه امیر 💙🕊💙🇮🇱🙏💙🕊🇮🇱🇮🇱💙🇮🇱💙🕊💙🇮🇱✡🕎🙏

[@ShonMardani]

Please tell me if I made any errors in my findings, thanks. I have a $6000 budget for the experts to validate or invalidate and document my findings. If validated, I have $60,000 to translate the Hebrew bible. Hebrew is Farsi with a Kordish/Lori accent and was invented in Isfahan, Iran in the 14th century. Hasidim = hassoodeem = [we are] jealous, the reason we assassinated prophet Mohammad, his family and his descendants in Karbala (Kabala) Haredim = khareedim = we purchased Kabe in Mecca, not stole it from prophet Mohammad and his uncle Ashkenazi = ask-nareezeei = do not cry [over the past wrong doings] Ortodox = ostovar-ast = it is solid and stable [no need to worry about our mistakes and continue teaching it] Cedar sinai = see-marde-salar = 30 [persian] governor Mount Sini = marde-salar = righteous or king like man (salar> saal-avar, means a person who help to bring more years to our life) Yahood = yar-joo = prostitute. Yahoodi = yar-jooee = prostitution. Israel = ast-rahe-hal = [it] is the [final] solution. Zion = zan-yaab = women finder/sex slave recruiter/pimp. Tora = tobehha = redemptions (tou-beh means you are better, i did wrong to you) Genesis = jennan-ast = [they are] monsters Hashem = haakem = ruler or lawmaker. Rabbi = rahbar = leader Goku Magog = begoo-magoo = say it and do not say it or argument. Judaism = jendeh-bazi-ast = [it is] prostitution mikvah = mostarah = Persian toilet Menorah = marde-noor-avar = [the] light brought by man [not nature] Kedusha = Khoob-dooshha = good people or friends Klipa = khalaf-kar = bad-doer or criminal Yom Kippur = yo-me-kaffar = tribe of non-believers [in God/Good/khoob] Keideshe = khodeshe = [that is] the right person Chanaka = Khaneh-karr = working from home (is the day that jews moved the prostitutions from temples which where closing by community, to their homes and later made sukkots to separate the working women) Sukkots = sakeneh-ast = female resident/occupant Kabala = karbala = name of the place where 72 men, women and children were slaughtered, their names became 72 jewish Gods name Bar kokhba = barkhordha = collisions, battles synagogue = sedda-ghah = place to voice [your opinion] Tzimtzum = zir-zabun = under the tongue (where you put the Sefirot poison) Sefirot = sefyeed-ab = name of the chemical used to remove the pubic hairs Makan khalas = makane-khaksar = the burial site Eyn-sof = ensaaf = fairness Shtibi = eshtebahi / ast tabahi = that it is/was a mistake Ayin-yesh = ayandehash = being aware of the future, knowing the consequences of criminal actions as a detrance Chuba = tou-beh = redemption and ask for forgiveness from the victim [not the God] Moshe = mordeh-shoor = dead washer Jerusalem = jendehbaz-aalam = the world of prostitute lovers, the world of brothel houses or temples Temple = tan-bar = [where you find] another body next to you Abraham or Avraham = avareha = evicted/rejected by community, homeless Messiah = masseer-yab = path or direction finder Essa Messiah = ensane-maseeer-yab = [a] human who finds the right/correct direction Havdalah = haal-beddehha = people who give pleasure and wine, clean nails and fingers are part of the traditions Mezuzah= "mard-joo-ha = women seeking men Noahide = no-aeen = new/modern ideology Covenant = kaah-farman-ast = [it is a] written order on paper made from stra, first form of paper Na’aseh V’nishma = nakhayer-va-nemysheh = no and it will not happen Isaiah = azaad-raah = open road, freedom Assyria = asseer-rahha = slave/prisoner freeing, freedom fighters Christ = kaar-raast = straight, right, good worker, good doer Bybylan = be-mallan = poor people Hezekiahs = azzadeh-khaah = freedom seeker Pasuk = paasokh = answer Noah = nagah = uninformed or ignorant Modaki = mordeh-khor = person who steals from killed and dead Shalom = saalem = [hope you are] healthy mamash = maal-e-maast = it is totally owned by us shomer shabbat > shohare-saabet > partner / husband who is steady / long term Testament > dast-on-mard" = from the hand of that man BARUCJ HASHEM = be-roohe haakem = for the soul or sake of the ruler Mitzvah = be-zoor-raah = forced way/road/direction parashot or parashiyot = par-par-shod = it turned into page/paper/par tzedakah = eskenas = paper money Adam = aadam or aan-mard = that man Sin = sen = age [limit] God = Good = Khoob, another Farsi word

[@Shalom99143]

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[@farhaaad5004]

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[@farhaaad5004]

Free palestine ❤️🇵🇸❤️

[@agostocobain2729]

I'm Iranian, and I want peace in the world. I do not hate Jews, but I am against zionism, and believe it to be evil. What they have done to Palestine is unforgivable. #FREEPALESTINE