The continued support of the Iranian Government to the work of the ORT in Iran was pledged by two members of the cabinet following a tour of ORT schools in Teheran, according to word received by the World ORT Union here today.
Hussein Allah, Minister of the Imperial Court, and Dr. Mahmoud Mehran, Minister of National Education, toured the ORT installations and spoke highly of the organization’s work. More than a thousand boys and girls are enrolled in the 11 schools, nine workshops and several primary manual training centers in the three main cities of Iran.
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