Inside Iran's Children's Book Exhibition: Culture, Literacy, and the Gaps in Western Coverage

A specialized children's book exhibition opened across Iran on 30 May, drawing young readers and their families to venues organized by the Children's and Adolescents' Book House. The event, running through 12 June 2026, reflects a sustained state investment in youth literacy that rarely makes headlines in Western outlets—and when it does, often arrives refracted through a geopolitical lens that obscures what the exhibition itself contains.