World Science Day for Peace and Development
Iran celebrates World Science Day for Peace and Development 2022 during a week, holding various programs and meetings. World Science Day for…
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UNESCO’s Uraman registration contributes to sustainable tourism development
The registration of the Cultural Landscape of Huraman or Uraman, located in the heart of the Zagros Mountains in the provinces of…
8th Intl. Conference on Rumi and Shams-i Tabrizi set for Sept. 29, 30
The 8th International Conference on Rumi and Shams-i Tabrizi will be held on September 29 and 30, the organizers announced on Thursday.…
Iran complains to UNESCO against Turkey’s bid to register Islamic calligraphy
IRNA – Deputy head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran said that Iran has officially complained to UNESCO…
UNESCO ready to develop tourism coop. with Iran
MNA – The Director General of Tourism Planning and Development Affairs said that United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is…
Iran’s dotar instrument wins world heritage status
Tehran Times – Iran’s traditional skills of crafting and playing the dotar won world heritage status on Thursday, joining UNESCO’s culture list…
Science min. calls for collective effort to remove ‘scientific gap’ in world
MNA – Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mansour Gholami called for collective attempt needed for eliminating ‘scientific gap’ in the world.…
Iran’s Sanandaj joins UNESCO Network of Creative Cities in music
IRNA – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday named 66 urban settlements, including one Iranian city, to join…
Iran’s Ministry of Education fails to deliver on promises
Al-Monitor | Mohammad Reza Niknejad: World Teachers’ Day is held annually Oct. 5 to celebrate the role of teachers in providing quality…
UNESCO official highlights Silk Road important role in dialogue of civilizations
IRNA – “UNESCO believes , the Silk Road can play an important role in the dialogue of nations and civilizations” , said…
UNESCO to visit Iran for inscription of domestic railway network as industrial heritage
MNA – Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Mohamamd Hassan Talebian announced on Sunday that UNESCO officials are to pay…
Hyrcanian forests to be equipped with technological support
Tehran Times – Hyrcanian forests will be equipped with modern technology devices such as camera traps, drones and fire-detection sensors, the deputy…
UNESCO votes to place Iran’s ancient Hyrcanian forests on list of World Heritage Sites
Press TV – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added Iran’s ancient northern Hyrcanian Forests to its list…
UNESCO international water conference
United Nations Iran – Looking from space, satellite imagery shows the abundant masses of water that characterize the Earth. Yet, less than…
Iran’s dotar dossier closer to UNESCO inscription
IRNA – The dossier of creating and playing the Iranian traditional musical instrument dotar (meaning “two strings’ in Persian) which was submitted…
Mayor: Tehran’s historic street on UNESCO’s temporary list
IRNA – Tehran’s historic Vali-e Asr Street has been registered on UNESCO’s temporary list of global heritage, according to Tehran mayor. Pirouz…
Iranian city up for UNESCO registration
IRNA – Gonbad-e Kavus city has been nominated for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage City registration…
Iran wins UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy
Tehran Times – The Literacy Movement Organization of Iran is awarded the 2018 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy for its program ‘Consolidated…
Photos: ‘Chovgan’ registered as Iran’s cultural heritage, not any other country
Tasnim | Mahmoud Hosseini: President of the Polo Federation Hojatollah Dehkhodaei said Chovgan, a forerunner of Polo, was named in the 12th…
Iran holds National Polo Championship to mark UNESCO inscription
Press TV – The National Polo Championship is underway in Tehran to mark this great ancient game’s inscription by UNESCO as Iran’s…
65 Iranian crafts to be reviewed for UNESCO Seal of Excellence
MNA – A panel of international judges in design and handicraft production will meet in Tehran Sun. to review 65 Iranian handicrafts…
Photos: Iran marks inscription of Bam Citadel as World Heritage
Fars | Mohammad Ali Mohammadian: Iran recently held the first edition of an international festival to mark the inscription of Bam citadel…
Arasbaran wins second chance to get global status
Financial Tribune- UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has given Arasbaran Forests, an Iranian nominated property, another chance to gain a global status, providing…
Sassanid archaeological landscape inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage list
IFP – The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Saturday inscribed the Sassanid Archaeological Landscape in Fars Province on…
UNESCO cluster office director bid farewell to Iran FM
IRNA – Director and Representative of UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office Esther Kuisch Laroche at the end of her mission in Iran bid…
Three Iranian handicrafts nominated for UNESCO award
IFP- At least three handicrafts from southern Iranian province of Khuzestan have been nominated for the UNESCO Award of Excellence for Handicrafts.…
UNESCO highlights Iran’s capacities in sports for peace and development
un.org.ir– UNESCO and the University of Tehran celebrated the 5th International Day of Sport for Development and Peace to highlight the importance…
Mt. Damavand’s UNESCO dream did not come true
MNA– Secretary-General of Iranian National Commission for UNESCO Sadollah Nasiri Gheydari announced that efforts to inscribe Mount Damavand on the UNESCO World…
Iran to nominate world’s 2nd oldest tree for UNESCO Heritage List: Official
Tasnim – Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) Ali Asghar Mounesan said the country plans to propose recognition…
UNESCO for private sector’s key role restoring Iran’s rich heritage
IRNA – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Asia-Pacific Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation stressed the significant role played…
Iran’s ‘Chovgan’: Meet the ancestor of the modern Polo game
Sputnik – The sporting game was included into the UNESCO list as Iran’s intangible cultural heritage on December 7, 2017. A spokesman…
Iranian Cyrus Cylinder to be put on UNESCO Heritage List
IRNA — Cyrus Cylinder will be registered on the UNESCO world heritage list, according to Sousan Asili, Member of the National Committee…
UNESCO lists polo as Iran’s intangible cultural heritage
MNA – UNESCO has recognized the team sport of polo, played on horseback, as Iran’s intangible cultural heritage during a session held…
Death bell tolls for institutional order: From JCPOA to education and peace
Iran Review | Ali Esmaeili Ardakani: The existing institutional order of the world was the product of the modern international system and…
Polo, Kamancheh to be added as Iran’s intangible cultural heritages to UNESCO lists
Press TV- The team sport of polo, which is played on horseback, together with the Iranian bowed string instrument of Kamancheh are set to be…
Iranian Gundi-Shapur University on UNESCO celebration list
IRNA – The 1750th anniversary of the foundation of the University of Gundi-Shapur has been included in the celebration list of the…
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…
Arasbaran on UNESCO’s Radar
Financial Tribune- UNESCO experts have started assessing Arasbaran Forest in East Azarbaijan Province as part of preliminary studies for the global inscription…
Photos: Iranian felt-making art on road to UNESCO list
IRNA – Felt is one of the traditional handicrafts commonly made by nomadic people in Iran. Shahrekord in the country’s southwest, as…
Historical city of Yazd inscribed as world heritage site
IFP – The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added the historical structure of Yazd in central Iran to…