14,000 children live on streets in Tehran
14,000 children have lived on the streets of Tehran, the capital of Iran. 4,000 of them collect garbage to earn a living.
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Tehran- Children collect garbage on the street of Tehran, with a population of over 18 million.
4,000 out of 14,000 street children of Tehran collect garbage to earn a living. Most of these children are refugee children from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, data shows.