Sputnik- A photo of an Iranian teacher visiting his hospitalized, cancer-stricken student is gaining popularity in the social media, according to Sputnik Iran.

A photo of�an Iranian teacher visiting his student in�the hospital was posted on�Reddit and immediately went viral, Sputnik Iran reports.

Judging by�the description of�the photo, the teacher visits the student, who is fighting an ongoing struggle with�cancer, just to�ensure that the young man is able to�keep up�to date with�his studies. Meanwhile, the social networks continue to�praise the teacher, who has yet to�be identified. "This Iranian boy has cancer, yet his teacher comes to�visit him every day in�the hospital to�fill him in�on what he has missed at�school," a user nicknamed Zamin said on�his Twitter page.