IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message offered his congratulations on the New Jewish Year.

"On the occasion of the New Year, I wish Iranian�and indeed all�Jews happiness, and most of all, good health," Zarif wrote in his Twitter account on Thursday.

"The children of Adam, Abraham, and Moses are siblings who deserve to live in a real democratic peace�not business deal. Our proposal has been #Referendum. L'Shana Tova!," he added.

Rosh Hashanah, literally meaning the 'beginning [of] the year' is the Jewish New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah, literally 'day [of] shouting or blasting'.

Thousands of Jews live in Iran, mostly in Tehran, but also in Isfahan and Shiraz, major cities south of the capital.

Iran�s Jewish community is one of the three officially recognized religious minorities and has a lawmaker in the parliament. Armenian Christians have two MPs, while Assyrian-Chaldeans and Zoroastrians have one each.