Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults

Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults

Established	8 January 1965
Founder	Farah Diba Leyli Amir Arjmand
Type	Cultural
Location	Tehran, Iran
Products	Book, short film, documentary, music, animation, puppet show, toy, computer training (software)
President/chairman	Mehdi Ali Akbarzadeh
Website	kpf.ir
Formerly called	Center for the Intellectual Development of Child and Adolescent

Center for the Intellectual Development of Child and Adolescent (CIDCA, Persian: کانون پرورش فکری کودک و نوجوان, Kānoon-e Parvaresh-e Fekri-e Koodakān va Nojavānān, better known as Kanoon or Kānoon) is an Iranian institution with a wide range of cultural and artistic activities in the field of mental and cultural development for children and young adults. The organization was at the center of the vanguard of cultural production in the late 60s and early 1970s and is the platform through which many of Iran's most regarded artists and filmmakers launched their careers.^[1]