Iranian Jewish wedding ceremony

Yousef Kohan Hamedani, Iranian Jewish community's rabbi, left, talks with Jewish men as groom Peyman Saketkhu, centre, and bride Sanaz Merivarzadeh, attend their wedding ceremony in a Synagogue in Tehran, Iran, on Thursday Aug. 23, 2007. The current Jewish community in Iran numbers approximately 50, 000, there were approximately 150,000 Jews in Iran prior to the overthrowing of the Shah in 1979. (AP photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian