Youth and Future Generations
Discussion of the aspirations, frustrations, role and representation of younger generations in shaping Iran’s future. This area ensures that the long-term future of the country is part of the national conversation.
Male and female medical students, University of Tehran, c. 1960.
Male and female medical students at the University of Tehran in the 1960s embody a future-oriented Iran through ordinary people rather than political leaders. The photograph brings together youth, women, higher education, medicine and professional ambition. Future generations are not merely beneficiaries of political change; they are the people who will have to build, staff and sustain the institutions that follow.
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