Iran to inscribe Yalda Night on UNESCO heritage list in 2021
MNA – The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Iran is making efforts to have Yalda Night (Shab-e Yalda) inscribed…
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UNESCO registers Iran’s ancient history book as world heritage
IRNA – A genuine book of ‘Jami-al-Tawarikh’ or ‘Rashidi History’ written by Rashid-ul-ddin Fazlollah Hamadani kept in Golestan Museum in Tehran was…
Iran undecided on 2019 World Heritage nominees
Financial Tribune- Cultural heritage officials have yet to decide on what site to nominate for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Though…
Nowruz Multinational File registered in UNESCO: Iran official
November 30, The Iran Project – Farhad Nazari, head of Registration Office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage announced that Nowruz Multinational File was registered in…
Iran reconstructs sculpture of ancient woman found in burnt city
Shahr-e Sukhteh (The Burnt City), located in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan near the border with Afghanistan, has become…
Photos: Persian Qanats: Iran’s Latest Inscription on World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in its 40th session since July 10 in…
Photos: Susa Museum in Iran’s Khuzestan province
SUSA (Tasnim) – Archeological Museum of Susa is located in the ancient city of Susa in Khuzestan province, southwest of Iran. Susa…
Susa, Meymand on UNESCO World Heritage List
The historical city of Susa in Khuzestan Province and the ancient Meymand village in Kerman Province were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage…
Iran’s VP congratulates nation on inscription of new sites to World Heritage List
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Vice-President and Head of the country’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) felicitated the nation on the…
UNESCO set to register Lut desert, Qanats by 2016
Lut Desert along with 11 qanats are set to be registered on the UNESCO World Heritage list by the end of 2015,…
Ali Sadr Cave apt to get on World Heritage List
HAMEDAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – Director General of Hamedan Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism has said efforts must be made to remove…
Int’l Norouz dossier to be registered in 2016
Tehran, March 7, IRNA – The international Norouz dossier will be registered on the World Heritage List in 2016, an Iranian official…
Assarkhaneh Shahi: Isfahan’s historical oil-extracting house
ISFAHAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) – Assarkhaneh Shahi belonging to Safavid dynasty is a historical oil extracting house in the UNESCO world-heritage-listed Isfahan.…
Belad Shapour to get on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
DEHDASHT, Dec. 20 (MNA) – The ancient structure of Belad Shapour in southwest of Iran is on the verge of being on…
UNESCO to put Shush on World Heritage List
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is planning to inscribe the ancient Iranian city of Shush on the 2015…
Experts’ visit heralds Shush UNESCO registration
Tehran, Nov 6, IRNA – Two experts from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization arrived in Shush in the Iranian…
UNESCO to inscribe Susa in World Heritage List
Tehran, Oct 27, IRNA – UNESCO is well-prepared to inscribe the ancient city of Susa the World Heritage List. UNESCO experts are…
Burnt City plaque to be unveiled
Tehran, Oct 23, IRNA – A plaque pertaining to the registration of the ancient Iranian site Burnt City (Shahr-e Sukhteh) on UNESCO’s…
Iranian cultural heritage activists raise concerns on Sush global registration
TEHRAN (ISNA)- A group of Iranian researchers, archeologists, artists, correspondents and social and cultural heritage activists raised concerns about specifications of area…
UNESCO to register Dezful in World Heritage List
TEHRAN, Sep. 10 – The UNESCO Office in Dezful is compiling documentation on this ancient city and will soon submit it to…
Iran seeking registration of port Siraf on UNESCO list
Iran is planning to offer the historical port of Siraf to the UNESCO for a possible inscription on the World Heritage list…
Fars Sassanid sites face barriers in road to UNESCO
SHIRAZ, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Three historical monuments of Sassanid dynasty era in Fars province see barriers in road to UNESCO World…
Pasargadae: Earliest capital of Achaemenid Empire
The ancient monument of Pasargadae as the earliest capital of the Achaemenid (First Persian) Empire manifests the glorious civilization of the nation.…
Province beefs up security around “Burnt City”
Now that the “Burnt City” has been registered as Iran’s 17th cultural site on the UNESCO World Heritage list, the Sistan-Baluchistan Prosecutor’s…
Ancient Iranian city added to UNESCO lists
Iran’s Burnt City, a city estimated to have been built around 3200 BC, has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.…