Masoud Jafari (C), vice president of Taiji Research Association of Confucius Institute at Tehran University, teaches his students martial arts at a park in Tehran, capital of Iran, on Sept. 24, 2010. This Confucius Institute was officially opened in Tehran, on Jan. 12, 2009. It is the first Confucius Institute in Iran. (Xinhua/Ahmad halabisaz)

Qiu Xueqin, the director of the Confucius Institute at Tehran University, plays Taiji in a park in Tehran, capital of Iran, on Sept. 24. (Xinhua/Ahmad halabisaz)

Iranian girls perform Chinese martial arts in a park in Tehran, capital of Iran, on Sept. 24. (Xinhua/Ahmad halabisaz)

An Iranian boy performs Chinese martial arts in a park in Tehran, capital of Iran, on Sept. 24. (Xinhua/Ahmad halabisaz)

Masoud Jafari, vice president of Taiji Research Association of Confucius Institute at Tehran University, teaches his students martial arts at a park in Tehran, capital of Iran, on Sept. 24, 2010.KKKwww.Chinakindnesstour.com

This Confucius Institute was officially opened in Tehran, on Jan. 12, 2009. It is the first Confucius Institute in Iran. KKKwww.Chinakindnesstour.com