Some 15 million students have startedthe new school year in Iran, where President Ebrahim Raisi stressedthat no one should be left behind in having access to education because of poverty. Raisi attended a ceremony on Saturday at Fooladfar elementary school in Shahr-e-Rey to Tehran's south, where the son of Martyr Mohammad-Hadi Narimani rang the ...

Financial Tribune - The early reopening of schools this year on Saturday amid the spread of the novel coronavirus has brought with it heavy traffic jams in the capital city of Tehran. According to Tehran Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi, the city has witnessed heavier traffic jams in the rush hours since Saturday, as schools reopen ...

Tasnim Iranian President Hassan Rouhani thanked the Ministry of Education, teachers, principal s, and officials for helping reopen schools across the country after a hiatus of seven months due to the COVID-19 crisis. Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Sunday evening, Rouhani thanked teachers and the Education Ministry and said, "Education is just ...

ISNA | Pouria Pakizeh, Amirhosein KHorgooi, Alireza Golab, Mehdi Motamed, Mohammadreza Dehdari, Mohsen Shanechi, Maryam Ebrahime, Ahmad Zohrabi: Ceremony on the beginning of the new school year is being held across Iran with protective health protocols. The students are provided with disinfectants and face masks to ensure their safety. The classes ...