about the right to inclusive education among parents, discriminations and social stigma.15 In its 2017 review the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities raised concerns on these issues as well as the absence of measures to improve access to education for children with disabilities living in rural communities. 16 Article 24 of the ICRPD requires that “people with disabilities are not excluded from the general education system on the basis of disability, and that children with disabilities are not excluded from free and compulsory primary education, or from secondary education, on the basis of disability”.17 In its General Comment on Article 24, the Committee stipulated that the full realization of inclusive education “is not compatible with sustaining two systems of education: a mainstream education system and a special/segregated education system.” 18 Although Iran has taken several positive measures as aforementioned, reports indicate that these measures are insufficient to ensure the access of children with disabilities to inclusive education. Additionally, measures taken by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran have not ensured that inclusive education is given priority over the placement of children in specialized institutions and classes. Recommendation Status: This recommendation has been PARTIALLY implemented. 15 Center for Human Rights in Iran, https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Iran-Disability-Education-Children.pdf and, Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/10/02/just-other-kids/lack-access-inclusive-quality-education-childrendisabilities#_ftn97 16 Concluding Observations, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, May 2017, https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=CRPD%2FC%2FIRN%2FCO%2F1&Language=E&DeviceType=Desktop 17 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, art. 24, para 2(a) 18 General comment No. 4 (2016) on the right to inclusive education https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRPD/C/GC/4&Lang=en 3