[caption id="attachment_124062" align="alignright" width="154"] The award-winning painting created by Sepideh Taheri[/caption]
Fifteen Iranian children have received awards at the 9th International Art Contest for Children, themed"Rainbow".
Iranian children presenting 857 paintings contended for awards at the Romanian international competition which hosted 3,294works of artfrom 27 countries.
Amongthe Iraniansthat received awardsare First Prize medal winners Sepideh Taheri (10 years old)and Meysam Abdollahi (12 years old), Second Prize medal winner Amir Hossein Valizadeh (12 years old) and Third Prize medal winner Benyamin Keramatinia (9 years old).
All the winners are members of Irans Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.
The children participating were required to focus on Loving the Earth as the theme of this years competition.