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Iranian-Jewish minority Member of Parliament, Siamak Moreh Sedgh, poses for a photograph in front of a banner for the 2012 parliamentary elections.

Why is Iran’s president traveling with his country’s one Jewish lawmaker?

Global Politics

Iran reserves one seat in its parliament for a representative of its Jewish minority. And Iran’s only Jewish lawmaker has travelled to New York this week with the country’s president, Hassan Rouhani. Anchor Marco Werman talks with reporter Saeed Kamali Dehghan. He covers Iran for The Guardian.

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