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2021-10-01 21:11
Iran wants collective UNESCO recognition for 56 of its old caravansaries
TEHRAN – Iran has put forward a selection of 56 caravansaries as a candidate for a collective inclusion in UNESCO’S cultural heritage list, a senior advisor to the tourism minister has said.
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2021-09-19 21:22
Minister appoints new deputies for tourism and cultural heritage
TEHRAN – Iranian minister Ezzatollah Zarghami on Sunday appointed new deputies for tourism and cultural heritage affairs.
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2021-06-03 01:10
Designing cities based on cultural intangibles is essential, deputy tourism minister says
TEHRAN – The design of contemporary cities should incorporate intangible cultural aspects of the nation, deputy tourism minister Mohammad-Hassan Talebian has said.
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2021-06-01 17:27
Museum of education, related archives inaugurated in Shiraz
TEHRAN – On Monday, a museum dedicated to education and its related history and archives was officially opened its doors to the public in the ancient city of Shiraz, southern Iran.
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2021-05-28 21:20
South Khorasan unique in realm of cultural heritage, deputy tourism minister says
TEHRAN - South Khorasan enjoys a unique cultural heritage, yet it has remained little known and unexplored, deputy tourism minister Mohammad-Hassan Talebian has said.
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2021-05-28 21:04
Historical texture of Khusf capable of becoming UNESCO site: official
TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy minister of cultural heritage and tourism has said that the historical texture of Khusf, which was once situated on the ancient Silk Road, is capable of becoming a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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2021-05-24 12:01
Tehran, Beijing ink joint statement to protect Asian cultural heritage
TEHRAN - Iran and China on Saturday signed a joint statement which is expected to pave the way for further protection in the arena of Asian cultural heritage.
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2021-05-23 18:48
Experts busy demarcating great defensive wall as a prerequisite for UNESCO status
TEHRAN – A team of archaeologists, topographers, and cultural heritage experts are completing a project to define legal boundaries for the ruins of the Great Wall of Gorgan, which was once one of the longest brick barriers of the ancient world.
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2021-04-21 21:00
1,834 smuggled historical objects back home in 4 years
TEHRAN – A total of 1,834 historical objects have been returned to the country over the past four years, deputy tourism minister Mohammad-Hassan Talebian said on Wednesday.
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2021-03-09 18:09
Hegmataneh Hill one step closer to be World Heritage
TEHRAN –Iran is completing an all-inclusive dossier for the mysterious Hegmataneh Hill to have it registered on the UNESCO World Heritage list, deputy tourism minister Mohammad-Hassan Talebian has announced.
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2021-02-26 22:28
Caracas’s tourism minister visits National Museum of Iran
TEHRAN - Venezuela’s Minister of Tourism and Foreign Trade Ali Padron Paredes toured the National Museum of Iran on Friday.
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2021-02-19 20:05
Quake opens up deep cracks in historical bridge
TEHRAN – Two deep cracks have appeared in the centuries-old Pataveh Bridge as the result of an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 late on February 17. The epicenter was near the southeast of the town of Sisakht.
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2021-02-03 17:52
56,000 ancient relics undergo restoration since 2013: deputy minister
TEHRAN - A total of 56,000 historical objects have been restored in Iranian museums and laboratories since August 2013, when President Hassan Rouhani began his first administration, deputy tourism minister has announced.
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2021-01-22 20:54
60,000 relics being re-arranged, documented in Iranian museum
TEHRAN – Some 60,000 relics and historical objects are being documented to be put in the right order in the Great Museum of Khorasan, which is located in Mashhad, northeast Iran.
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2020-12-19 21:37
Iran eyes UNESCO status for Yalda celebration by 2022
TEHRAN - Iran seeks to register its ancient festivity of “Yalda” on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list by 2022.
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2020-12-16 21:02
Iranian elements re-endorsed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
TEHRAN – Two Iranian elements of ‘Naqqali, Iranian dramatic story-telling’, and “traditional skills of building and sailing Iranian Lenj boats in the Persian Gulf’ have gained approval to remain on the UNESCO list for the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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2020-12-12 18:37
Despite obstacles, the Great Wall of Gorgan could win UNESCO status, deputy tourism minister says
TEHRAN – Gaining a UNESCO tag for the Great Wall of Gorgan -- one of the longest brick barriers of the ancient world -- is not hard as it is comparable to the Great Wall of China in terms of age, function, and size, deputy tourism minister has said.
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2020-11-14 20:30
Sugar factory not to be built within World Heritage properties
TEHRAN – Following many ups and downs, the construction of a controversial sugar factory within the legal boundaries of UNESCO-registered Tchogha Zanbil, a prehistoric ziggurat in southwest Iran, is now cancelled.
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2020-08-19 18:57
50 Iranian properties on tentative list of UNESCO
TEHRAN – A total of 50 Iranian properties have already been placed on the tentative list for [possible] inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage list in the years to come.
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2020-08-03 23:26
Tehran, Athens discuss ways to cooperate in cultural heritage repatriation
TEHRAN – Iranian and Greek officials have discussed ways to share experience in cultural heritage repatriation as the two cradles of ancient civilizations are subjected to smuggling of historical relics.
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2020-07-10 23:33
Ancient relics smuggled to Austria back home
TEHRAN - A batch of Iranian ancient relics, which had been smuggled to Austria, was recovered and surrendered to a representative of the Islamic Republic in Vienna on Thursday.
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2020-05-08 20:45
Quake causes cracks in Tehran’s Sahebqaraniyeh Palace
TEHRAN – Some minor cracks have appeared in the historical Sahebqaraniyeh Palace, which is located in northern Tehran, due to an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale that occurred early on Friday 56 km northeast of the city.
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2020-05-03 20:03
Iran calls for return of relics confiscated in Austria
TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts has called for the return of relics, which were discovered from a safety-deposit box of a bank in Austria last year.
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2020-01-22 18:36
Iran proposes Croatia to join UN-recognition of Noruz
TEHRAN – Iran has put forward Croatia a proposal to join a multinational dossier for Noruz that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has approved for Iran and several other countries.
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2020-01-18 18:44
Heritage museum inaugurated in ancient city of Izeh
TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy tourism minister on Friday inaugurated a cultural heritage museum in Izeh, southwestern Khuzestan province, with the aim of introducing the rich history and culture of the ancient city.
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2020-01-10 19:21
Paternal house of martyr Soleimani to be turned into museum
TEHRAN – Paternal house of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a U.S. terrorist attack on January 3, will be turned into a museum.
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2020-01-04 19:01
Cultural heritage celebration called off over respect for martyr Soleimani
TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism ministry has canceled a ceremony to celebrate the registration of dotar, a traditional stringed instrument, on the UNESCO Cultural Heritage list over the martyrdom of Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
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2019-11-17 19:47
Tehran-Rome co-op gains momentum following Islamic Revolution, Italian envoy says
TEHRAN – Decades of Tehran-Rome collaboration in the arenas of archaeology and cultural heritage has gained momentum following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Italian Ambassador to Iran Giuseppe Perrone said on Sunday.
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2019-10-19 18:50
Returned Achaemenid tablets to go on show in Qazvin
TEHRAN – A select of 1,783 Achaemenid-era clay tablets and fragments, which were on loan from Iran to the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago since 1935, will be put on show in the city of Qazvin.
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2019-08-09 18:08
Silk Road a suitable opportunity to introduce ancient Iran
TEHRAN – 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.
