Education in Iran is centralized and divided into K-12 education plus higher education. Elementary and secondary education is supervised by the Ministry of Education and higher education is under the supervision of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and Ministry of Health and Medical Education for medical sciences. As of 2016, around 86% of the Iranian adult population is literate. This rate increases to 97% among young adults ages between 15 and 24 without any gender consideration. By 2007, Iran had a student-to-workforce population ratio of 10.2%, standing among the countries with the highest ratio in the world.
Djahangir Almasi is an Iranian actor.
Shahla Riahi was an Iranian actress and film director.
Heydar Yaghma was an Iranian poet. He was born in a village near Nishapur. Yaghma was a simple worker and was not literate. He began telling poems while in his thirties and learned how to read and write.
Shamal District is situated in the western part of Khost Province, Afghanistan. The district is within the heartland of the Kharoti tribe of Pashtuns. It borders Paktia Province to the west, Nadir Shah Kot District to the east and Spera District to the south. The population is 12,200 (2006). The district center is the village of Shamal, situated in the eastern part of the district. It was moved from Paktia Province.
The Shiraz Metro is the rapid transit system in Shiraz, Fars, Iran, operated by Shiraz Urban Railway Organization. Construction began in 2001, and service in the first line officially commenced on 11 October 2014.
The Iranian University Entrance Exam, simply known as Konkour, is a standardized test used as one of the means to gain admission to higher education in Iran. Generally, to get a Ph.D. in non-medical majors, there are three exams, all of them called Konkour.
Esteghlal Jonoub Tehran Sport Club, commonly known as Esteghlal Jonoub, isa sports club based in Tehran, Iran. The club is known for their football team. The club was founded in 1990.
The Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch is a university located in the eastern part of Isfahan. It is part of the Islamic Azad University, an Iranian university system. It was established in 1987. The university has more than 19,100 students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It has 386 full and part-time faculty members who teach and perform research in 196 fields, and they more than 75,000 alumni.
The Border Guard Command, commonly known as FARAJA Border Guard, is a subdivision of the Law Enforcement Force (FARAJA) and Iran's sole agency that performs border guard and border control duties for land borders, and coast guard duties for maritime borders. The unit was founded in 2000. Between 1991 and 2000, border control was the responsibility of the Security deputy of FARAJA. Prior to 1991, border control was the responsibility of the Gendarmerie.
The Islamic City Council of Tabriz is the elected council that presides over the city of Tabriz, elects the Mayor of Tabriz, and budgets of the Municipality of Tabriz. The council is composed of twenty-one members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Council are chosen by the council at the first regular meeting in odd-numbered years. In the last election between Principlists and reformers, Principlists won the most seats.
Jasem Jaderi Persian: جاسم جادری was an Iranian reformist politician.
The Islamic City Council of Isfahan is the directly elected council that presides over the city of Isfahan and elects the Mayor of Isfahan in a mayor–council government system.
Arash Ostovari is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kirivong Sok Sen Chey FC and former player of Iran U17 and Iran U20.
Iran has international borders with 13 sovereign countries, both on land and sea. It has a total of 5,894 km land borders with Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. With a total of 2,440 km coastline, it has maritime borders with 6 other countries: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman. Iranian Turkey border has dug 376 kilometers moat along border, there is a four meters height concrete wall.
Conjugal Visit is a 2022 Iranian romantic drama film directed by Omid Shams and written by Omid Shams, Bahman Ark and Ali Sarahang. It stars Parinaz Izadyar and Hootan Shakiba as Parvaneh and Farhad, a couple who met secretly through Farhad's phone in prison which he sometimes borrow it to Parvaneh's father—who is in prison with Farhad—to call his daughter, and started to develop feelings for each other.
Iranian Construction Engineering Organization is the Iranian organization that issues work permits and grades and records of building architects. It was created in 1978. It works with Construction industries, Municipality and Minister of Road and Urban Development programming and planning for Iranian cities.
