An extensive dossier, which is an essential prerequisite for possible UNESCO inscription of a site, has almost been completed for the gigantic Tabas Geopark, which
On June 30, the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan, to assess 36 nominees, including Iran’s Hyrcanian Forest, for possible
Iran is expecting China and Mongolia to officially join UNESCO-registered Nowruz, which marks the beginning of spring and the new year. In December 2016, Iran
Israel has officially withdrawn from UN heritage agency UNESCO. In October 2017, Israel said it will quit the UN agency, citing what it described as UNESCO’s
Iran’s cultural heritage body has almost completed preparations for a chain of ancient vertical-axis windmills for possibly becoming a UNESCO World Heritage. Vertical-axis windmills, which
‘The Consolidated teaching of literacy and ICDL’ (International computer driving licence) programme from the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Literacy Movement Organization (LMO), was
After years of lobbying, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will finally recognize the team sport of polo (Chogan) and the Persian string instrument Kamancheh as
Kudos to UNESCO for accepting the Palestinians as its newest member………….107 countries including Brazil, and South Africa voted for Palestine’s membership, while Canada was among
US cuts off $60m in annual funding to UN cultural body hours after it admits Palestine as full member. The US government has cut off tens of
The UN cultural organisation has voted strongly in favour of membership for the Palestinians – a move opposed by Israel and the United States. Of
Palestine has won a first diplomatic victory in its quest for statehood when the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation [UNESCO] executive committee backed its
TEHRAN — The Persian garden was registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Monday. The decision to register the property on the list was made
The Gargar Bridge is one of 13 parts of the water system, which was registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2009. The Gargar
Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC April 7, 2011 I send my deepest congratulations to jailed Iranian journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi for
Imprisoned Iranian journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi is the laureate of this year’s UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. He was selected by an independent international
TEHRAN — Iran plans to submit works by Imam Khomeini preserved at the IRIB (the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) archive for inclusion on the
Philosophy is the “study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language”. Rene Descartes has immortalized the
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee selected the Tabriz Historical Bazaar Complex and Ardabil’s’ Shiekh Safi al-Din Khanegah and Shrine Ensemble as World Heritage
The Grand Bazaar of Tabriz, a historic complex located in Iran’s northwestern province of East Azarbaijan was named as a World Heritage site by the
I’ve just learned that March 21 was been declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) as World Poetry Day in 1999.
3 July 2009 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding freedom of expression and press freedom today voiced his strong support
Bisotun, an ancient Iranian stie bearing bas-reliefs and inscriptions of Darius the Great, received the World Heritage Certificate of UNESCO during a cermony in
Secretary-General of the Ferdowsi Foundation Yaser Movahhedfar announced that the foundation will offer an official proposal to UNESCO for the naming of 2009 as “Ferdowsi
Ostad in Farsi means Master. When it comes to Ostad Mahmoud Farshchian, he is the Grand Master in the art world and without question one
Iran is to formulate and develop additional tourist-friendly policies to satisfy the needs and demands of domestic, and international travelers, deputy tourism minister Vali Teymouri
