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After Qara Kelisa and Naqsh-e Jahan square, Iran's 28th historic-natural monument to be registered at UNESCO + pictures
Jul 18, 2024 14:13Pars Today- UNESCO World Heritage Committee will decide next week on registration of a global relief work of Hegmataneh within the framework of "Hegmataneh and Historical Center of Hamedan" case.
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UNESCO adds Iran’s historical caravanserais to its world heritage list
Sep 18, 2023 06:24The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added 54 historical Iranian caravanserais to its list of world heritage sites.
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Aras Geopark receives UNESCO designation
Jun 25, 2023 09:09UNESCO has endorsed the addition of 18 new sites from around the world to its network of outstanding goeparks. Showcasing some of the most outstanding natural landscapes is the one located in the northwest of Iran, namely Aras Geopark.
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US plans to rejoin UNESCO in bid to counter China's rising clout
Jun 12, 2023 13:40Washington plans to rejoin the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) five years after ex-president Donald Trump quit the agency in a new bid to counter China's growing clout.
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UNESCO to add 3 Iranian documents to its Memory of the World
May 20, 2023 05:25The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will add three Iranian works to its list of the Memory of the World (MoW) Program.
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Russia raps UNESCO’s decision on Ukraine’s Odessa as ‘politically motivated’
Jan 26, 2023 07:00Russia has decried a decision by the United Nations' cultural agency, UNESCO, to add the historic center of the Ukrainian port city of Odesa to the list of World Heritage in Danger.
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Majlis suspends controversial motion on trade of artifacts
May 18, 2022 18:04The Iranian parliament has suspended a debate on a controversial motion that would allow the trade of ancient artifacts and monuments after archeologists and cultural figures protested the move.
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Trans-Iranian Railway now on UNESCO’s World Heritage Site
Jul 25, 2021 18:09The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have designated the Trans-Iranian Railway a World Heritage Site.
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Attacks on journalists during protests risen sharply: UNESCO
Sep 15, 2020 07:44The number of incidents of violence against journalists covering protests across the world has risen sharply, with police and security forces the main culprits, the United Nations cultural agency says.
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US recourse to 'Dispute Mechanism' has no leg to stand on: Iran’s Zarif
Aug 17, 2020 07:15Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Washington’s attempt to trigger the Dispute Resolution Mechanism (DRM) in the UNSC Resolution 2231 has no leg to stand on.