(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - Every restriction on the Iranian mullahs' nuclear program expires in 15 years. So it's worth paying attention to what the next generation of Iranians is being taught about their country's mission in the world. Our best look so far comes thanks to a new report from Impact-se, a Jerusalem-based institute that monitors the content of textbooks across the Middle East. Regime leaders are presented as infallible, divinely inspired and beyond criticism. A third-grade religion textbook's section on cleanliness includes an illustration of Iranian children chasing away a filthy, mucus-like blob with a Star of David on its back. A fifth-grade text for the 2016-17 academic year shows Palestinian children attacking Israeli soldiers with rocks and slingshots. It's accompanied by regime founder Ayatollah Khomeini's portrait and his injunction that "Israel must be wiped out." Part of Mr. Obama's bet in signing the nuclear deal is that Iranian youth will be more moderate than the religious fundamentalists who now rule the country. This curriculum suggests that's not a bet he's likely to win.
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