The Iran Project - At the 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 54 historical Iranian caravanserais have been added to the list of world heritage sites.
These caravanserais, located in 24 provinces across Iran, were carefully examined and selected among hundreds by the committee.
They are considered to be ...
Tehran Times The possible inscription of the ancient Silk Road on the UNESCO World Heritage list will open up a suitable opportunity for Iran to present its cultural, literary, historical and scientific achievements to the world, the secretary general of the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO has said.
Although the mainstream view of the Silk ...
IFP - After registering three churches in the World Heritage List, Iran is trying to add other Armenian cathedrals like Isfahans Vank to this list.
Deputy Head of Irans Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organisation (ICHTO), Mohammad Hossein Talebian, said that there is a list of Armenian churches, three of which inscribed at the UNESCO ...
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 ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran has seen an increase in the number of annual visitors over the past few years, and the recent lifting of anti-Tehran sanctions is sure to attract even more.
Home to one of the oldest civilizations in the world, Iran has no shortage of sites to see.
When it comes to UNESCO World Heritage Sites, it boasts an impressive ...
On the UNESCO Tentative List since 2008, world heritage-status has eluded Mount Damavand due to the areas declining environmental condition.
Speaking at an event to mark National Mount Damavand Day on Friday, Esmaeil Kahrom, an advisor to the head of the Department of Environment, Massoumeh Ebtekar, said overgrazing and excessive constructions have ...
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) Secretary-General of the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO has announced Tang-e Sayad biosphere reserve will be inscribed on the World Heritage List in two months.
Mohammadreza Saeidabadi, Secretary-Generalof theIranian National Commission for UNESCO, noted that Tang-e Sayad biosphere reserve will be reviewed ...
Iran news headlines on Thursday include US prevention of a Tennis referee to work on the open for sanctions; Thailand court detention of Iranians over allegedly bomb plot; Iranian FM rejection of Syrian government chemical attack; country's oil minister arrival in South Pars for inspection of progress; Iran-Afghanistan-Tajikistan meeting over water ...
Iran has celebrated the recent inscription of Golestan Palace on UNESCO list during an official ceremony held in the palace in the capital city of Tehran.
Organized by Irans Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (ICHTO), the ceremony took place on July 7, 2013.
Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the deputy head of ICHTO Mohammad Malekzadeh ...
Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) is planning to celebrate inscription of Golestan Palace on UNESCO list during an official ceremony.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad along with several Iranian officials are to attend the ceremony that will be held at Golestan Palace on July 7, 2013.
Irans Golestan Palace was inscribed on ...
Iran news headlines on Sunday includerising of Iranian rial currency; country navy commander dismissal ofIsraels growing war rhetoric against Iran as insignificant;inscription ofIrans Golestan Palaceon the World Heritage List; possibility of participation of Iran inGeneva meeting on Syria;Georgia block of Iranians' bank accounts and improvement ofcountrys ...
PHNOM PENH, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The UNESCO's World Heritage Committee inscribed Iran's Golestan Palace on the World Heritage List on Sunday.
The decision was made during the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.
The Golestan Palace is the 16th property of Iran, which was added to the prestigious World ...
[caption id="attachment_33544" align="alignright" width="210"] Iran's ancient citadel of Bam[/caption]
AFP -Iran's ancient citadel of Bam, almost completely destroyed by a major earthquake in 2003, has been removed from the UNESCO list of "World Heritage in Danger", a spokesman said.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ...
The 37th session of UNESCO World Heritage Committee is to assess Irans two suggested files for a possible inscription on the World Heritage list.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is slated to review the files of Irans Golestan Palace and Meymand Cave Village along with 32 other submitted sites from around the world....
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