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2022-04-17 18:39
Experts to examine impact of World Heritage on sustainable development
TEHRAN – Several cultural heritage experts and academia will examine strategies needed for the proper protection of Tchogha Zanbil and its impact on sustainable development around the UNESCO-registered site in southwestern Iran.
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2021-11-16 18:52
Webinar to explore 100 years of museology in Iran
TEHRAN – Tens of cultural heritage experts, archaeologists, and curators have been invited to attend a Tehran webinar to discuss 100 years of museology in Iran.
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2021-08-25 19:25
Prolific anthropologist Asghar Karimi dies at 81
TEHRAN – Prolific Iranian anthropologist, researcher, and translator Asghar Karimi died at a Tehran hospital on Monday. He was 81.
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2021-07-30 18:27
ICOMOS assessors to visit caravansaries in Iran
TEHRAN – Assessors and experts affiliated with the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) are scheduled to visit several caravansaries in Iran.
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2021-07-27 17:52
UNESCO grants world heritage status to Uramanat of Iran
TEHRAN – UNESCO added Iran’s Uramanat cultural landscape to its list of world heritage sites on Tuesday.
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2020-09-23 20:12
Uraman ‘well prepared’ for UNESCO World Heritage tag: ICOMOS
TEHRAN – Hessam Mahdi, the representative of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), has said that the case for the inscription of the Uraman cultural landscape on the UNESCO World Heritage list has been well prepared and he has been impressed by the status of Uraman rural landscape.
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2020-07-26 22:38
ICOMOS meetings postponed over coronavirus pandemic
TEHRAN – The 20th edition of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) General Assembly and Scientific Symposium was postponed until further notice amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the ICOMOS official website.
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2020-04-17 19:29
Iran’s ‘Taj Mahal’ marks Intl. Day for Monuments and Sites amid virus concerns
TEHRAN – As in previous years, the UNESCO-tagged Gonbad-e Soltaniyeh, sometimes referred to as Iran’s ‘Taj Mahal’, celebrated the International Day for Monuments and Sites, but this time, in an online program aimed to help stop transmission of the coronavirus, which is currently challenging the whole world.
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2020-01-07 19:27
ICOM, ICOMOS dismiss Trump’s comments on targeting Iranian culture sites
TEHRAN – Since Saturday night, U.S. President Donald Trump has come under fire for threating to target Iranian cultural sites by many international cultural figures, organizations, scholars, artists and politicians, and recently by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).
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2019-09-21 18:30
Hamedan to host UNESCO transnational nomination of Silk Roads meeting
TEHRAN – Iran’s ancient city of Hamedan will host the 6th meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial Transnational World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads from September 23 to 26.
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2019-02-11 22:20
Yazd hosting intl. workshop on earthen architecture
TEHRAN - The historical Iranian city of Yazd is hosting an international workshop on earthen architecture with its related conservation problems and challenges coming into focus.
