Mohammad Farrokhi, a 26-year-old teacher, travels 55 kilometers every day to reach a school in a border village in Shirvan County, northeastern North Khorasan Province.

In Iran, Teacher's Day is celebrated on May 2. It commemorates the martyrdom of Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari on May 2, 1980.

Photo: IRNA / Vahid Khademi