Training and Employment of People with Disabilities: Iran 2003 is part of the AbilityAsia Country Study Series. The series was designed as a contribution to the end of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Asia and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 1993-2002, and to mark the 20th anniversary of the ILO’s Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention No.159, 1983.