Joyous reunion of Iranian boy with China classmates after family visit to Iran moves many

Business trip to conflict-ridden homeland lasts longer than expected as boy and parents lose contact with worried school friends

An eight-year-old Iranian boy who left his primary school in China for his mother country in January and later lost contact with his teachers for 42 days has returned to the campus, thrilling his classmates.

On April 27, when the boy named Radin, dressed in the school’s uniform, appeared in a classroom at Shaoxing Boya International School, his excited classmates all came to hug him closely, the Yueniu News reported.

“I asked my teacher not to tell them the news so this could be a surprise,” Radin told the media.

“When I was in Iran, I hoped to return to China every day. I love all of you. I missed everyone here,” added the boy.

Radin’s parents have been running a trading business in Shaoxing, eastern Zhejiang province, for three years.