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Foundation:  Iran's education system after 1979 combined traditional schooling (primary, middle, and high school – a total of 12 years, compulsory and free) with a strong emphasis on Islamic teachings woven into the curriculum.  Think of it like building a house with a solid foundation (basic education) and specific architectural details (religious studies)Higher.

Learning: Universities and colleges have expanded greatly. Getting into university is very competitive (the Konkur exam). Imagine a popular school with limited spaces—only the highest-scoring students get in.

Growing Pains:  While access to education has increased, challenges like overcrowded classrooms and outdated teaching methods persist. This is like a rapidly growing city needing better infrastructure and updated services.

Ongoing Improvements: The government continuously works to improve the system's quality and relevance, focusing on research and technology to prepare students for the future.  It's like constantly remodeling and upgrading the house to meet modern needs.

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The traditional sports of the country are wrestling, horse racing, and ritualistic bodybuilding. Team sports were introduced later in the 20th century with the most popular being rugby and volleyball.

Iran’s physical education was formed in 1934 and the Iranian athletes first participated in the Olympic games 1948.

The 1979 revolution was a major setback for Iranian sports, the new government regarded the sports stadium as a rival to the mosque. Major teams were nationalized, and women were prevented from many activities.

But since the 1990s there has been a revival for sports in Iran, sports have become inextricably bound with demands for political liberalization, and nearly every major event has become an occasion for massive public celebrations by young men and women.

Since then, football (soccer) has became the most popular sport and recently in the 2024 summer Olympics Iranian women made history in the sporting events winning 4 gold medals.

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Iran - Sports, Recreation, Culture | Britannica

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Wrestling, horse racing, and ritualistic bodybuilding are the traditional sports of the country. Team sports were introduced from the West in the 20th century, the most popular being rugby football and volleyball. Under the monarchy, modern sports were incorporated into the school curricula. Iran's Physical Education Organization was formed in 1934. Iranian athletes first participated in the Olympic Games in 1948. The country made its Winter Games debut in 1956. Most of Iran's Olympic medals have come in weightlifting, martial arts, and wrestling events.

Football (soccer) has become the most popular game in Iran-the country's team won the Asian championships in 1968, 1974, and 1976 and made its World Cup debut in 1978-but the 1979 revolution was a major setback for Iranian sports. The new government regarded the sports stadium as a rival to the mosque. Major teams were nationalized, and women were prevented from participating in many activities. In addition, the Iran-Iraq War left few resources to devote to sports. However, the enormous public support for sports, especially for football, could not be easily suppressed. Since the 1990s there has been a revival of athletics in Iran, including women's activities. Sports have become inextricably bound up with demands for political liberalization, and nearly every major event has become an occasion for massive public celebrations by young men and women expressing their desire for reform and for more amicable relations with the West.

Media and publishing

Daily newspapers and periodicals are published primarily in Tehrān and must be licensed under the press law of 1979. The publication of any anti-Muslim sentiment is strictly forbidden. Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance operates the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). Foreign correspondents are allowed into the country on special occasions. Despite constitutional guarantees of freedom of the press, censorship of the broadcast media and the Internet by conservative elements within the government is widespread. Regardless, print media- newspapers, magazines, and journals-contributed greatly to the growth of political reform in Iran during the late 1990s. In the 2000s reformist and opposition groups increasingly circulated their messages on the Internet, while the authorities correspondingly intensified their efforts to shut down online dissent. The most widely circulated newspapers include Eṭṭelāʿāt and Kayhān. Radio and television broadcasting stations in Iran are operated by the government and reach the entire country, and some radio broadcasts have international reception. The government made possession of satellite reception equipment illegal in 1995, but the ban has been irregularly enforced, and many Iranians have continued to receive television broadcasts-including Persian-language programs-from abroad. Programs are broadcast in Persian and some foreign languages, as well as in local languages and dialects. Though basic literacy increased substantially in the years following the revolution, audiovisual media have remained much more effective than print material for disseminating information, especially in rural areas.
Janet Afary The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Iran - Iran - Sports and recreation: Wrestling, horse racing, and ritualistic bodybuilding are the traditional sports of the country. Team sports were introduced from the West in the 20th century, the most popular being rugby football and volleyball. Under the monarchy, modern sports were incorporated into the school curricula.

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After the revolution Iranian art was limited, where less museums, movies and art galleries were present. Even singing and dancing became illegal for women, this happened when Ayatollah Khomeini came into power and stared the revolution

Protests started for the return of art started to occur, but they did not work, many got arrested and silenced for trying to protest this Newley made rule. This impacted the cultures that incorporated music and art.

The population of art shrunk because of these reasons but it never fully stopped people still forcefully put out art whether there's a rule for it not to be presented. Even to this day there are people who would go out and blast music or show art on the street even knowing consequences are present. This goes to show that even if the art population was scarce it will never fully go away becauae of those people.

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The role of women after the revolution was to stay at home and be a house worker, right after the revolution all women were forced regardless of their religion to wear a hijab. They had protests to get the law abolished with no avail.

The women who practice a religion that requires you to pray have separate rooms to pray in from the men, and its not allowed for them to be together, and there are armed guards patrolling the street, women who are not with there husband or family members will face consequences.

Women have been fighting for their freedom ever since the revolution ended, they don’t get treated as fairly as men do, they have harsher punishments then men, and they must solely rely on men. Though the strictness has lightened their freedom is still limited, they continue to fight, and protest for their full freedom.