UNESCO World Heritage sites in Iran

The World Heritage Committee has inscribed the following properties on the World Heritage List:
 

	1979 Tchogha Zanbil			2004 Bam and its Cultural Landscape
	1979 Persepolis			2005 Soltaniyeh - the mausoleum of Oljaytu
	1979 Meidan Emam, Esfahan			2006 Bisotun - remains from the prehistoric times to the Median, Achaemenid, Sassanian, and Ilkhanid periods
	2003 Takht-e Soleyman			2008 Armenian Monastic Ensembles in Iran
	2004 Pasargadae			2009 Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, Bridges, dams, canals, buildings and watermills from ancient time to present
				2010 Sheikh Safi al-din Khanegah and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil
				2010 Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex

The World Heritage List was established under terms of The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage adopted in November 1972 at the 17th General Conference of UNESCO.

The Convention states that a World Heritage Committee "will establish, keep up-to-date and publish" a World Heritage List of cultural and natural properties, submitted by the States Parties and considered to be of outstanding universal value.

One of the main responsibilities of this Committee is to provide technical co-operation under the World Heritage Fund for the safeguarding of World Heritage properties to States Parties whose resources are insufficient.

States Parties can request international assistance under the Fund for the preparation of tentative lists and nomination forms, expert missions, training of specialized staff, and supply of equipment when appropriate; they can also apply for long-term loans and, in special cases, non-repayable grants. Requests must concern work necessary for the preservation of cultural or natural sites included in the World Heritage List or assistance to national or regional training centres.

Emergency assistance is also available under the Fund in the case of properties severely damaged by specific natural or man-made disasters or threatened with imminent destruction.

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