Jews in Official Biographies of Shiite Clerics in Iran

The official discourse of the Islamic Republic Republic of Iran insists that the country's policies are anti-Zionist but not anti-Semitic. In light of this assertion, it is interesting to analyze what official biographies of Shiite clerics published since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 have to say about Iranian Jews and their interaction with the rest of Iranian society. This will be complemented with what Iranian rabbis have written in their memoirs about their encounters with Shiite clerics. Through a close reading of these passages I hope to arrive at a conceptualization of how official circles in the Islamic Republic view Jews and, by extension, other non-Muslims citizens.