![Iranian Muslim teacher Noushin Beigi (R) and an Armenian schoolboy gesture during a mathematics class at the Armen school, in the Julfa neighbourhood in the historic city of Isfahan, some 400 kms south of the capital Tehran, on April 20, 2015. Julfa neighborhood in Isfahan is where the biggest Armenian community in Iran resides and was established as an Armenian quarter by Persian Safavid King Shah Abbas I in 1606. Some 180.000 Armenians were living in Iran before the Islamic revolution in 1979, compared t](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2019/09/GettyImages-470657964.jpg/GettyImages-470657964.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=oR9FM4_g)
Mohammad Reza Niknejad is a teacher, journalist and educational expert in Iran. He is also a member of the Teachers' Union and a graduate student in educational research at Karaj University.
![Iranian Muslim teacher Noushin Beigi (R) and an Armenian schoolboy gesture during a mathematics class at the Armen school, in the Julfa neighbourhood in the historic city of Isfahan, some 400 kms south of the capital Tehran, on April 20, 2015. Julfa neighborhood in Isfahan is where the biggest Armenian community in Iran resides and was established as an Armenian quarter by Persian Safavid King Shah Abbas I in 1606. Some 180.000 Armenians were living in Iran before the Islamic revolution in 1979, compared t](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2019/09/GettyImages-470657964.jpg/GettyImages-470657964.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=oR9FM4_g)
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