Decency and sanity beneath the madness in Iran

Attitudes towards the Jews are both worse and better than people may think

Cyrus the Great and the Hebrews; Jean Fouquet, 1420-1471

Few in the west are aware of the depth and derangement of the Iranian regime’s genocidal Jew-hatred. Many assume that the regular declarations by Iran’s leaders that they intend to wipe Israel off the map are merely examples of overheated rhetoric or meaningless sabre-rattling. 

This could not be mo…