Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (24)
Cultural (22)
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran (2008)
- Bam and its Cultural Landscape (2004)
- Bisotun (2006)
- Cultural Landscape of Maymand (2015)
- Golestan Palace (2013)
- Gonbad-e Qābus (2012)
- Historic City of Yazd (2017)
- Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan (2012)
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan (1979)
- Pasargadae (2004)
- Persepolis (1979)
- Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region (2018)
- Shahr-i Sokhta (2014)
- Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil (2010)
- Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System (2009)
- Soltaniyeh (2005)
- Susa (2015)
- Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex (2010)
- Takht-e Soleyman (2003)
- Tchogha Zanbil (1979)
- The Persian Garden (2011)
- The Persian Qanat (2016)
Natural (2)
- Hyrcanian Forests (2019)
- Lut Desert (2016)
Sites on the Tentative List (57)
A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process...
- Jame' (Congregational) Mosque of Esfahan (1997)
- Historic ensemble of Qasr-e Shirin (1997)
- Firuzabad Ensemble (1997)
- Shush (1997)
- Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab (1997)
- Tape Sialk (1997)
- Taq-e Bostan (2007)
- Kuh-e Khuaja (2007)
- Persepolis and other relevant buildings (2007)
- The Historical–Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan (2007)
News (16)
- Meeting of Director-General and Iran’s Ambassador to UNESCO 06-Jan-2020
- Two natural sites, one in China, another in Iran, inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List 05-Jul-2019
- Decisions adopted by Ashgabat Silk Roads Coordinating Committee 29-Jan-2019
- Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List 30-Jun-2018
- Almaty Agreement adopted in the Fourth meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the World Heritage Serial Nomination of the Silk Roads 22-Dec-2015
Events (11)
- 5th Meeting of Coordinating Committee on the serial transnational World Heritage nomination of the Silk Roads 03-Dec-2018-07-Dec-2018
- 4th Silk Roads Serial World Heritage Nomination Coordinating Committee Meeting 24-Nov-2015-26-Nov-2015
- Third meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads 17-Sep-2012-20-Sep-2012
- Second meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads 03-May-2011-06-May-2011
- 2nd UNESCO Sub-Regional Workshop on Serial Nomination for Rock Art Sites in Central Asia 06-Sep-2010-10-Sep-2010
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Acceptance of the Convention:
Wednesday, 26 February 1975
1976-1980
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