Financial Tribune - A budget of 90 billion rials ($2.4 million) has been earmarked in the current fiscal year (started March 21) for the restoration of historical sites abroad with ties to Iran, such as Armenia and Tanzania, announced a top official at Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization. "A fund for [restoration of sites ...

MNA 425 pieces of Iranian antiques have been sent to Germany to be displayed as part of a Water and Desert Exhibition on 13 April 2017, deputy head of Iran Cultural Heritage Organization said Wed. Mohammad Hassan Talebian, Deputy Head of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization, told Mehr News that the exhibition of 425 pieces ...

IRNA 30 Iranian ancient artifacts were repatriated to Iran in cooperation with Italian cultural property police, Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization Deputy Chief Mohammad Hassan Talebian said. Talebian told IRNA on Wednesday that an Italian collection owner had previously bought some artifacts from different places like Bangkok ...

December 20, The Iran Project Deputy Head of Iran's cultural heritage, handcrafts and tourism organization says some countries are ready to join Iran tomultinationally record Yalda ceremonies in UNESCO world intangible heritage. Attending a ceremony commemorating Yalda rituals in Tehran , Mohammad Hassan Talebian, a senior official at Irans Cultural ...

[caption id="attachment_153494" align="alignright" width="188"] In this image made from video posted on a social media account affiliated with the Islamic State group on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants take sledgehammers to an ancient artifact in the Ninevah Museum in Mosul, Iraq....

Tehran, April 29, IRNA - Iran has 16 tangible and 10 intangible monuments registered on the World Heritage List, said deputy head of Irans Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO). Mohammad Hassan Talebian also noted that 50 monuments are on the interim World Heritage List, which number rises annually. There are over one million ...

TEHRAN, April 22 (MNA) Irans deputy-head of Cultural Heritage Organization has said they would incorporate historical surrounding of Persepolis to its UNESCO dossier. Mohammad Hassan Talebian who was speaking to Mehr News about incorporation ofNaqsh-e Rustam (an inscription), Naqsh-e-Radjab, and Kaaba of Zoroaster to Persepolis UNESCO dossier told ...

Tehran, April 10, IRNA - Iran has applied to the UNESCO to have its historical wind towers registered on the World Heritage List, deputy director of the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) announced recently. A file containing necessary information about the wind towers was sent to UNESCO last week, Mohammad-Hassan Talebian ...