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Then-director of the Tchogha Zanbil World Heritage site speaks with a Tehran Times correspondent at the UNESCO-listed site on December 25, 2025.

2026-01-18 17:00

By Afshin Majlesi

At Tchogha Zanbil, a living monument to Elamite faith and engineering

On a serene plain in southwestern Iran, the stepped ziggurat of Tchogha Zanbil has stood for more than 3,500 years, making it the best-preserved ziggurat outside Mesopotamia and one of the rare surviving monuments of the Elamite civilization.

2025-10-17 16:53

Establishment of fishing piers will boost Abadan's tourism, lawmaker says

TEHRAN—Seyyed Mohammad Molavi, an MP representing Abadan in the Iranian parliament, said that fishing piers, jet skis, jet boats, and other water sports should be activated in the Bahmanshir and Arvandrud rivers to develop tourism in the region.

2025-10-15 16:23

Dezpart Pomegranate Festival to boost local tourism

TEHRAN--The third Pomegranate Festival of Dezpart county in Khuzestan province will be held on Thursday, in Tang-e Qaf (Qaf Strait) tourist area, to introduce the agricultural potential, especially the high-quality pomegranate product of the region, as well as showcasing the local culture and customs.

2025-05-13 17:19

Temple within UNESCO-listed Tchogha Zanbil restored

TEHRAN – The first phase of a specialized conservation and restoration project on the Inshushinak Temple, located on the first floor of the Tchogha Zanbil Ziggurat in Khuzestan province, has been successfully completed, a cultural heritage official announced on Monday.

2024-12-14 18:24

Tchogha Zanbil’s landscape architecture examined by urban students

TEHRAN – UNESCO-listed Tchogha Zanbil has recently hosted an on-site workshop dedicated to landscape architecture and phenomenological interpretation of the magnificent ziggurat, which is located in Khuzestan province, southwest Iran.

2024-11-20 17:20

Tchogha Zanbil upgrades protection: high-tech monitoring guards UNESCO site

TEHRAN - The historic ziggurat of Tchogha Zanbil in southwest Iran, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has taken significant steps to enhance its preservation.

2024-04-05 17:27

Khuzestan’s tourism flourishes with 3m overnight says, 20m visits to attractions

TEHRAN – As the Nowruz holidays came officially to an end, Khuzestan’s travel services chief has announced that about 20 million visits to the province’s attractions have been registered along with three million overnight stays.

2024-01-12 17:20

Belarusian ambassador visits UNESCO sites in southwest Iran

TEHRAN - Dmitry Koltsov, the ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Iran, embarked on a visit to the southwestern province of Khuzestan, where he explored the UNESCO-designated sites of Tchogha Zanbil and Susa.

2023-12-15 18:00

UNESCO-listed Tchogha Zanbil to welcome sightseers at night

TEHRAN – Plans are underway to launch overnight visits to the UNESCO-designated Tchogha Zanbil, which is a lesser-known ziggurat located in southwest Iran.

2023-12-04 20:11

Tehran conference to explore UNESCO-registered Tchogha Zanbil

TEHRAN- The House of Humanities Thinkers in Tehran has organized a special session set to take place on December 13, with the purpose of shedding light on the lesser-known capacities of Tchogha Zanbil, a UNESCO-registered prehistorical site in southwest Iran.