The king Artaxerxes considered Jewish eradication at the advice of his Iranian secretary (think Auschwitz). A Jewish damsel spoiled the plot, but potential Jewish genocide was there.
Jonah witnessed the greatest revival in Iranian history, 2-3 million converts fasting and praying. Then he sat underneath a tree and waited to die. No wonder the Middle East is so skeptical of Christianity.
Iran like Zellweger said, You had me at hello. Then their number one evangelist says, I wish I was dead. He was jewish. There was no Christianity, but the point being someone showed them something other than Zoroastrian or terrorism; then he treated them like chopped liver.
Modern Iran onany western wayof thinking: hold them hostage, torture then maybe kill them..or let them go for ransom. Sounds Klingon..Star Trek to me. Ever wonder why Klingons always lose, like Philistines, despite great might and formidable demeanor? I digress. No science fiction. If they can't handle Judaism, then Christianity gets left alone..and Catholicism is out of the question for Iran.