The signs in Iran are ominous—and the pleas from Iranian Jewish elders may now go unheard. The community’s old talisman may no longer hold its charm.

A small Jewish minority in the historic desert city of Yazd condemned Israeli airstrikes on Iranian soil as “brutality and bestiality” and publicly backed Tehran’s call for a decisive and ...

Although Iranian proxies — including Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis — have been weakened in recent months, the heir to ancient Persia remains focused on Jews, and remains a formidable power.

Furthermore, Iran’s new constitution recognized Jews as a “people of the book” and allowed them to practice their religion, which meant they could have synagogues, Hebrew schools, and social ...