What works in Tehran
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Tehran
The evidence shows Tehran as a site of multiple technology-enabled government initiatives. Iran Digital trained 40,000 teachers in Tehran through in-person and virtual courses as part of a nationwide AI and programming curriculum launch in 2025, though these figures are self-reported by the Ministry of Education with no independent verification. Amirkabir University in Tehran has had facial-recognition software installed at its gates as part of Iran's hijab-enforcement monitoring system, which a UN Fact-Finding Mission in March 2025 documented as part of a pattern of gross human rights violations. The evidence does not provide comparative data on Tehran's economic, demographic, or social conditions beyond these specific initiatives.
Drawn from: Iran Digital — National Free AI and Programming Curriculum Reaches 2 Million Students · 2016 Reduced Working-Hours Law for Working Mothers — A Documented Policy Backfire · Nazer — Iran's AI-Assisted App and Drone Network for Hijab-Law Enforcement
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Teacher capability & pedagogy +27 pts 67 here · 39 average
Curator validation +25 pts 100 here · 75 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Weaknesses
Scalability beyond pilot -16 pts 50 here · 66 average
Equity & inclusion -21 pts 33 here · 54 average
Transferability / replicability -26 pts 33 here · 59 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -27 pts 33 here · 60 average
Evidence of learning impact -30 pts 0 here · 30 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -50 pts 0 here · 50 average
Efficiency -52 pts 0 here · 52 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -54 pts 0 here · 54 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -66 pts 0 here · 66 average
Sustainability -80 pts 0 here · 80 average
Effectiveness -81 pts 0 here · 81 average
Impact on gender equality -83 pts 0 here · 83 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -90 pts 0 here · 90 average
Achievement / evidence -93 pts 0 here · 93 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Tehran. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Iran Digital — National Free AI and Programming Curriculum Reaches 2 Million Students · 33
2016 Reduced Working-Hours Law for Working Mothers — A Documented Policy Backfire · 26
Nazer — Iran's AI-Assisted App and Drone Network for Hijab-Law Enforcement · 20
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
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Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more