In a council session on illiteracy at the governor’s office in Boroujerd , Reza Ariayi said, “Over 117,000 people in Lorestan Province (West) are illiterate, most of which are women and villagers. The population of Lorestan is 1,750,000. The ratio of illiterates for this population is very high.
(Tasnim state-run news agency– July 23, 2014)