By Seyyed Hossein Hosseiniseddiq and Azam Sadat Hosseiniseddiq

Legacy of Riz Ali Khajavi: Iran's “Devoted Farmer”

TEHRAN- On an autumn evening, as Riz Ali Khajavi was returning home from the farm, he noticed that the train route had been closed due to a landslide. These opening sentences are from a story in the third-grade Persian literature textbook, recounting the heroism of a devoted farmer who has captivated the hearts of Iranian students for six decades.