Mats and wicker works are among the oldest man-made stuffs woven in various parts of the world using the strands of vegetable fibres or reeds. Few samples found in Mesopotamia and Africa indicate that the people of these regions used straw and plants grown in the Mesopotamian swamps to build beds for themselves. Iran, along...Read More

Literacy rate among Iranians has increased to 87 percent in the year to March 2018 from 48 percent in 1976, said Education Minister Mohammad Bathaie. Addressing International Literacy Day on September 8, he added, “We are witness to education of computer skills in country’s education system and diversifying the methods of literacy learning such as...Read More