Iran is a vast land with a long history of civilization and significant contributions to the entirety of human civilization. In a span of several thousand years, many wondrous monuments have been created in Iran; monuments that would make us stand in awe and wonder, watching for hours and hours. In 1979, Iran joined the UNESCO World Heritage Convention —three years after its adoption in 1972. Three monuments in Iran were registered in UNESCO World Heritage List in the same year. As of 2009, Ten Iranian monuments are officially registered as world heritage properties and several other monuments are nominated for registration in the near future. Two Iranian manuscripts are also nominated for registration in UNESCO Memory of the World List.

Shushtar Historical Hydraulic system

Shushtar, Historical Hydraulic System, inscribed as a ...

The Armenian Monastic Ensembles in Iran

Situated in the north-west of the country, the property ...

Memory of the World and Intangible Cultural Heritage

Memory of the World is a UNESCO program aiming at ...

Bisotun

Thirty kilometers east of Kermanshah lies Bisotun Mountain. ...

Soltaniyeh

Forty kilometers to the City of Zanjan lies Gonbad-e ...

Bam and its Cultural Landscape

The horrible 2003 earthquake drew the attention of the ...

Pasargadae

Here is the Holy Land of Pasargadae. The burial place of ...

Takht-e Soleyman

Near the town of Takab in West Azarbaijan lies a unique ...

Meidan-e Emam

Known also as Naghsh-e Jahan, the square is a masterpiece ...

Tchoghazanbil

The TchoghaZanbil site holds the remains of the world’s ...

Persepolis

It was one of the first Iranian sites to be registered in ...