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A portrait of Iran's last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, hangs on the wall behind Aaron Yaakobi as he prepares food in his Persian restaurant Ochlim Bashuk in Jerusalem on March 11, 2026. More than 300,000 Jews of Iranian origin are thought to live in Israel today, the vast majority of whom are those who arrived after 1979 and their descendants. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) / TO GO WITH WAR-IRAN-US-ISRAEL-DIASPORA, FOCUS BY MICHAEL BLUM