By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 28
Iran’s education ministry has prepared the plan for teaching the regional languages in schools, Ali Asghar Fani, the country’s education minister, said.
The plan is submitted to President Hassan Rouhani for final approval, Fani said, the state-run IRINN TV reported Aug. 28.
The plan, which is prepared in line with the implementation of the article 15 of Iran's constitution, will cover all bilingual regions in the country, he added.
The mentioned article says that the "Official language (of Iran)... is Persian...[and]... the use of regional and tribal languages in the press and mass media, as well as for teaching their literature at schools, is allowed in addition to Persian."
President Rouhani’s presidential campaign promised to protect ethnic minority rights, but have not yet matched his economic successes and achievements.
So far, Rouhani has not succeeded to realize his presidential campaign promises regarding teaching the ethnic mother languages of Iranians (Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Arabic, etc.).
The issue of establishment of the Academy of Azerbaijani language and literature in Tabriz that was also among Rouhani's promises during his campaign also remains unresolved.