“Teaching English in government and non-government primary schools in the official curriculum is against laws and regulations,” Mehdi Navid-Adham, head of the state-run high education council, told state television. “The assumption is that in primary education the groundwork for the Iranian culture of the students is laid,” he said. The teaching of English usually starts in middle school in Iran, at the ages of 12 to 14, but some primary schools below that age also have English classes. Some children also attend private language institutes after their school day, while children from more privileged families attending non-government schools receive English tuition. While authorities ban social media websites like Facebook and Twitter and censor others, Telegram users can say nearly anything.

Source: The Guardian January 07, 2018 16:37 UTC