Fruits of the Islamic Revolution: Nine Million Iranians Illiterate

Let's look at the bright side: They now qualify as honorary American leftwingers.

NINE million Iranians cannot read or write out of a population of at least 71.5 million, a newspaper reported today.

"At the moment, there are 9.45 million people who are completely illiterate in the country,'' the deputy head of the Literacy Movement Organisation, Parviz Kosari, was quoted as saying in the Kayan newspaper.

The organisation was set up after the 1979 Islamic revolution as the successor of other such bodies that already existed in Iran, in a bid to reach out to adults in remote areas deprived of regular education.

"The highest illiteracy rate is in the Sistan-Baluchestan province and Tehran has the highest literacy rate,'' Kosari said.

Best way to control your people is to keep them stupid and dependent.

Democrats learned that a long time ago.