The largest nursery in Iran, which is said to be the largest as well in the Middle East, was inaugurated in a ceremony in Tehran on Friday.
Construction of Shobeir Nursery started in 2015 under the auspices of 350 philanthropists. The project cost 190 billion rials (about $450,000 at the official rate of 42,000 rials), IRNA reported.
On the sidelines of the ceremony, Vahid Qobadi-Dana, head of Welfare Organization, said there are more than 26,000 parentless children and children with irresponsible parents living across the country, of whom around 10,000 are held in 34 nurseries.
Tehran Times