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Reuters:

Iran's Jewish population has slumped to about 25,000 from 85,000 at the time
of the revolution, but is believed to be the biggest Jewish community in the
Middle East outside Israel.

Late last year, a prominent Jewish group in Iran sought to distance itself
from a secret exodus to Israel by 40 Jews. They rejected any suggestion they
were involved in the group's departure and said Jews enjoy good living
conditions in Iran.

An Israeli immigration official said the influx was the largest from Iran as
a single group in recent years. The newcomers were offered $10,000 each by a
Christian and Jewish fellowship to make the move, the official said in
December.

Moalemi, the Jewish businessman, said most of those who left in December had
later returned to Iran and he voiced confidence about the future for Jews in
Iran: "Although people are leaving there are newborns taking their place."

(Basically, the point is that Iran's minorities have left not because of any specific repression – still the general repression faced by everyone – but because the regime has had disastrous economic policies, and Jews and Christians – and Zoroastrians? – were more likely to have outside ties and the ability to leave, or perhaps were more likely to be middle-upper class and able to leave as many have.)