Irony of ironies: Is Ahmadinejad Jewish?

Here's what the Telegraph's Damien McElroy and Ahmad Vahdat say about the surname "Sabourjian":

The Sabourjians traditionally hail from Aradan, Mr Ahmadinejad's birthplace, and the name derives from "weaver of the Sabour", the name for the Jewish Tallit shawl in Persia. The name is even on the list of reserved names for Iranian Jews compiled by Iran's Ministry of the Interior.

But here's what Robert Tait of the Guardian wrote about "Saborjhian" in 2005:

The name Saborjhian derives from thread painter - sabor in Farsi - a once common and humble occupation in the carpet industry in Semnan province, where Aradan is situated.

The Telegraph quotes an unnamed Iranian Jew living in London - an "expert in Iranian Jewry" - who says that "Sabourjian is [a] well known Jewish name in Iran." The "expert" said the "-jian" ending "specifically showed the family had been practising Jews."

But commenters on other news sites suggest that the "-jian" ending could be Armenian, and it also could be connected to Turkish. It appears to signify "worker," or someone who practices a certain trade, more than anything else (like the "-er" ending in English languages). For instance, former California Governor George Deukmejian's surname derives from Turkish, and means "buttonmaker." If you look up the Persian translation for "button" on Google Translate, the second-place result is "Deukma."

All my attempts to look up a Persian translation for "weaver," "thread," "thread painter" or "thread weaver" failed to yield anything that looked like "sabour." And I'm afraid my Photoshop skills are not advanced enough to yield a suitable close-up on the photo in question. In would be nice, and the British press would love it, if Ahmadinejad was really a Jew. We could all engage in hilarious bouts of pseudo-psychology and derision. Unfortunately, lacking more solid evidence, it just doesn't appear to be true.