The Haim Synagogue (Persian: کنیسه حییم, romanized: Kenisā-ye Hayim; Hebrew: בית הכנסת חַיִּים) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in 30 Tir Street, formerly known as Qavam-os-Saltane, in central Tehran, Iran.^[2][3][4][5]

As of February 2016, the synagogue was opened only on the occasions of Shabbat and the High Holy Days, due mainly to emigration and decline in membership.^[5]

The Haim Synagogue was built following the Iranian Constitutional Revolution in 1913, under the reign of Ahmad Shah Qajar, by two Iranian Jewish residents Eshagh Sedgh and Eshagh Moradoff.^[6] It has often been considered the first urban synagogue in Iran. Prior to its construction, most synagogues in Iran were built in ghettos.^[6]

The building was designed by Azizollah Banayan, the only Jewish architect at the time.^[1]

By the time of World War II, the Haim Synagogue hosted a number of Polish Jewish refugees.^[7] After an increase in the number of Polish Jewish refugees, the Ashkenazi Danial Synagogue was built near the Haim Synagogue in 1940.^[6]

In the 1950s, the Haim Synagogue was used as a refugee camp to host a number of Iraqi Jewish refugees, who immigrated to Israel via Iran as part of Operation Ezra and Nehemiah.^[7][5]

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  A panel in the synagogue, reading "this is the God's gate; the righteous will enter it" (Psalm 118:20).
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  Entrance of the yard.
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  Haim Synagogue from the outside.
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  Detail of the synagogue's bema.
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  Synagogue detail

• History of the Jews in Iran
• List of synagogues in Iran

• Sohrabi, Narciss M. (2021). "Tehran synagogues: the socio-cultural topographies and architectural typologies". Journal of Modern Jewish Studies. doi:10.1080/14725886.2021.1971934.