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PALESTINIAN PRESENCE IN IRAN
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Ethnic group native to the Palestine region in Southwest Asia
Factsheet
الفلسطينيون ( Arabic )
al-Filasṭīniyyūn 14.3 million
Regions with significant populations Palestine
5,350,000
5,350,000
– West Bank (Palestine) 3,190,000 (of whom 912,879 are registered refugees as of 2024)
الفلسطينيون ( Arabic )
al-Filasṭīniyyūn 14.3 million
Regions with significant populations Palestine
5,350,000
5,350,000
– West Bank (Palestine) 3,190,000 (of whom 912,879 are registered refugees as of 2024)
Wikipedia
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Palestinians - Wikipedia
1 month ago - Many Palestinian villagers claim ancestral ties to Arab tribes from the Arabian Peninsula that settled in Palestine during or after the Muslim conquest of the Levant. Some Palestinian families, notably in the Hebron and Nablus regions, claim Jewish and Samaritan ancestry respectively, preserving associated cultural customs and traditions. Early farming populations in the Levant, Iran, and Anatolia have significantly influenced modern-day Western Asian genomes.
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Wikipedia
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Iran–Palestine relations - Wikipedia
September 9, 2025 - Iran was the second majority Muslim nation after Turkey to grant (de facto) recognition of Israel, under the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. The PLO backed the 1979 revolution, and several days after the revolution, PLO chief Yasser Arafat led a Palestinian delegation to Iran.
Reddit
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r/arabs on Reddit: What is Iran's stance on the genocide taking place? Some claim that Iran has sold Palestine to Israel. Could this be true?
November 16, 2023 - No, Assad and his Syrian supporters committed Genocide in Syria, even the Iranian-backed Militias are all Syrian. ... They aren't half of them are Iraqis abd Afghans. Don't forget Hezballs Continue this thread Continue this thread · Israeli settlers who seized Palestinian home in Hebron trying to transport a fridge ... Israeli soldiers shot and killed a West Bank teen, they said ‘hurled a block’ - Video shows something different - NSFW ... An Israeli reservist soldier ran over a Palestinian man while he was praying in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to the Israeli military and CNN's review of the footage, hours after the soldier fired gunshots in the area.
United Nations
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Iran (Islamic Republic of) Archives - Question of Palestine
United Nations system · Argentina, Australia, Comoros, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Namibia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Spain, Syria
Iran Primer
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Iran and the Palestinians | The Iran Primer
June 14, 2018 - Muslim nations, especially the Palestinian and Lebanese nations, should punish those who waste time indulging in political maneuvers.” · Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani: In 2005, he said, “We want all the Palestinians back in their homeland, and then there can be a fair referendum for people to choose the form of state they want. Whoever gets the majority can rule.” · Former President Khatami: In 1998, he said, “The root of tension in the region is the Zionist regime.” He also said Iran “morally and logically” does not recognize Israel but would not interfere in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Reddit
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8000-10000 Jewish People living in Iran : r/Israel_Palestine
March 26, 2025 - Fair enough, I shouldn't have assumed ... as Israeli Arab villages were burning. Israel is committing genocide against Palestinian Arabs. ... Also, 2 million Palestinian Arabs live in Israel with Israeli citizenship, I don't see anyone "genociding" them....
SpecialEurasia
specialeurasia.com › 2023 › 12 › 18 › irans-backing-of-palestine
Iran’s Backing of Palestine: a Historical and Ideological Convergence
May 12, 2025 - The displaced Palestinians entered a diaspora, with many spending the rest of their lives in refugee camps. In addition to the conquest of major cities, approximately 530 Palestinian villages were destroyed, and around 15,000 Palestinians lost their lives in a series of large-scale atrocities. The most widely recognised massacre occurred in the village of Deir Yassin. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the Iranian Islamic Revolution, built his political approach on two fundamental principles: Islam and the defence of oppressed people.
UNRWA
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Palestine refugees | UNRWA
Nearly one-third of the registered Palestine refugees, more than 1.5 million individuals, live in 58 recognized Palestine refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
World Data
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Country comparison: Iran / Palestine
Palestine and Iran in a country comparison: Demography, economy, energy, climate, languages and other statistics in the tabular overview.
Quora
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Is it possible for Palestinians to enter Iran? - Quora
Answer (1 of 2): The ones in Gaza? No… after last time they don’t want them there. The ones in Israel? Of course, they aren’t the ones trying to overthrow other’s governments or trying to assassinate leaders to replace them etc… so yes they’re welcome.
Reddit
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r/IsraelPalestine on Reddit: What do Palestine supporters think of Iran?
September 13, 2023 -
Iran is the main financial backer and supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah. There are even many indications that Iran controls these groups, especially Hezbollah. Iran has been Israel's biggest state enemy by far for many years. Iran is also a very strong supporter of the Palestinian anti-Israel ideology.
Most supporters of Palestine here are liberal and progressive people. Iran on the otherhand is a totalitarian, authoritarian, theocratic and oppressive state. They basically have no concept of human rights in their own country.
Iran's rhetoric on the conflict is very similar to the one used by the international left, talking about how Israel is hurting the rights of Palestinians. These arguments are made by Iran despite clearly having a terrible human rights record in it's country and abroad.
In my opinion Iran will always bend the truth in many different ways to justify it's attacks on Israel. I'm shocked that people, who I thought had a similar worldview to mine, are picking up talking points that were introduced by this radical islamist country.
Many Iranian dissidents who know how their state changes the truth to justify cruelty are supportive of Israel because they just don't buy anything Iran says.
So what do you guys think of Iran and it's support for Palestine? How do you reconcile being on the same page with this evil entity? (These questions are directed mainly at Palestine supporters)
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Iran as a nation and as a people is great. I love Iran. The Iranian regime however are a bunch of Islamist turds who seem way more interested in keeping their people oppressed, and stirring shit up in the Middle East.
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Shhh..... they don't want to hear this. Hamas and the other Palestine Brigades are freedom fighters don't you know that? /s
Human Rights Watch
hrw.org › world-report › 2025 › country-chapters › israel-and-palestine
World Report 2025: Rights Trends in Israel and Palestine
January 16, 2025 - In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the UN reported that Palestinians killed 6 Israeli settlers and 16 soldiers, while Israelis killed 719 Palestinians, from October 7, 2023, to October 7, 2024 – far more than in any other year since 2005, when the UN began systematically recording fatalities.
MERIP
merip.org › 2025 › 01 › iran-palestine-axis
Iran, Palestine and the Axis of Resistance - MERIP
August 22, 2025 - Shortly after Israel began its bombardment of Gaza, for instance, Iranian governmental agencies created a portal for citizens to register to be dispatched to Gaza to fight alongside Palestinians. The campaign—advertised with the slogan “I am your match [harifat manam]”—was directed at the Israeli state and army.
Reddit
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r/iran on Reddit: What do Iranians think of Palestinians?
November 23, 2021 -
Hi guys,
Palestinian here and getting engaged to a great Iranian girl soon.
I was having a chat with her dad today and we were talking about how Iranians (the people not the government) view the Palestine Israel conflict.
to my surprise, they both told me that the general population really don't support the Palestinian cause and actually like and support Israel.
they told me this is partly due to the endless support that the Iranian government gives to the Palestinian people while neglecting their own populous.
Curious to see what your thoughts are on the situation?
do you find that most Iranians support Israel and are anti-Palestine?
thanks in advance and either way, I cant wait to visit your great country!
Reddit
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r/NewIran on Reddit: How do Iranians actually feel about the Israel and Palestine conflict
July 5, 2024 -
I’m just curious seeing Iran government have a deep hatred for Jews and Israel but I want know how actual Iranians feel
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(My view) I don't know if my position is exactly unique in the community but here it goes: I tend to be on the right side of politics in this day and age. For instance, I would likely be considered a monarchist by many, although I believe more in a constitutionalist system. I digress. Usually the right wing tends to have more pro-Israel sentiment. This sub for instance in a western lens would be considered more on the right side of the spectrum than on the left (which confuses people in the west and reddit in general for various reasons). This sub has a lot of Israelis that have sort of co-opted the forum. Many people here tend to vocally agree with them. My theory is because the IR has instilled such a vitriol against Israel that many Iranians tend to express contrary views to spite IR. I get it, but sometimes it is irrational. Additionally, there tends to be a general anti-arab sentiment with Iranians that has existed prominently especially in the past 120 years. These two factors have created this image of Iranians as generally vehement Zionists. The way I see it is that Israel has since its inception, been in conflict with Arabs. Some times the Arabs have been the aggressors and the aggrieved, and other times its has been the Israelis. However, as time as progressed, and especially from the end of the yom kippur war, Israel has become so strongly supported from the west, that it has become essentially an untouchable nation. This is manifested by both its funding, which has resulted in a strong military industrial complex; and its protection by America and Western European nations militarily, which means that any serious action by a foreign and sovereign state (i.e., Iran) will be met by Western intervention, which has created a great deterrence force for Israel. "With great power comes great responsibility." Voltaire. Israel has been irresponsible with the power they have both inherited and created. Because of the circumstances of Israel and the relationship it has had with Arabs, there is a general disdain for Arabs in Israel, and vice versa of course. However, because Israel has such disproportionate power over the Arabs, due in major part to the reasons I have mentioned above, the Israeli society in general has treated the Arabs with a level of disrespect and vitriol that is actually quite despicable and surely not reflective of a free and fair society which is often purported to be the case by many pro-Israelis. Arabs are basically disenfranchised, and the exceptions that are exemplified by Israelis is the result of a well-oiled propaganda machine. Long story short, Israel is the dominant force that bullies Palestinians. The Palestinians react in a manner that is the direct result of the bullying they face. It is as we say in law, the proximate cause of the current issue at hand. Contemporary Palestinian resistance is a foreseeable result of Israeli society's treatment of Palestinians. Additionally, I do not see any beneficial solution for the Palestinians, nor do I see a beneficial solution for the Israelis. I think, Israel will have to solve "the palestinian issue" and I suspect they will take over Gaza, after they burn it to the ground. However, with that, Israel risks its integrity. That said, I don't think the State cares too much about that because most nations in the world despise them already. Lose-lose really.
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There are different opinions. I've seen and realized that a significant number of Iranian people are indifferent to this conflict. And I personally know people who are pro-Israel and think Israel and its government has the complete right to fight those armed groups and I also know people who are pro-Palestine and generally the formation of a Palestinian state. I myself am in favor of peace and the end of any conflict and violence in that region and I am not in favor of any of the governments on both sides.
Stimson Center
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Why are So Many Iranians Seemingly Indifferent to the War in Gaza? • Stimson Center
May 13, 2024 - While the Islamic Republic is considered the primary state enemy of Israel, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict does not appear to be a priority for the Iranian public, including various opposition groups, students, and intellectuals. This is reflected in the slogan “No to Lebanon, no to Palestine, my life only for Iran,” which appeared in 2009 during the Green Movement that followed fraud-tainted Iranian elections.
UNHCR
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UNHCR helps nearly one million refugees in Iran, mostly from Afghanistan and Iraq.
At UNHCR, we have been assisting them for over half a century. According to the latest figures communicated by the Government of Iran, 762,000 refugees live in Iran, of which 750,000 are Afghans and 12,000 are Iraqis.
Quora
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What is the difference between Palestinians and Iranians? - Quora
Answer (1 of 6): Honestly even though both have lots of Muslims and Cultural Similarities even being in the same Region, they are very different people. Most of The Palestinians I've met are very Ambitious and very determined about what they do, also very Strict and Serious people. Iranians are m...
Verso Books
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Abandoned Legacy: The Left of Iran and Palestinians | Verso Books
June 12, 2024 - Palestine was once the beating heart of a united front, a “national liberation movement”, shared by many factions of the left in Iran. Returning to their shared history may open the path for reclaiming the abandoned legacy of the left. In 1969, a faction of fighters from Al-Fatah, the main organisation within the Palestinian national Liberation Movement (PLO), attacked and successfully seized control of the Abinia kibbutz located along the border of Jordan with Israel.