Iftar and relevant sociocultural traditions' case was registered as the world's intangible heritage of Iran, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Turkiye.

Iran celebrates World Science Day for Peace and Development 2022 during a week, holding various programs and meetings. World Science Day for Peace and Development is celebrated every year on November 10. It was introduced by UNESCO in 2001 to highlight the important role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on ...

The registration of the Cultural Landscape of Huraman or Uraman, located in the heart of the Zagros Mountains in the provinces of Kordestan and Kermanshah, on the UNESCO list signifies the important role played by the region in the development of Irans tourism sector. Proper management would help generate jobs in the region and allow the local economy ...

The 8th International Conference on Rumi and Shams-i Tabrizi will be held on September 29 and 30, the organizers announced on Thursday. The city council and the municipality of Khoy in West Azarbaijan Province organize the conference every year in the town, which is home to the tomb of Shams, with contributions from the Iranian National Commission ...

IRNA - Deputy head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran said that Iran has officially complained to UNESCO against Turkey's bid to register Islamic calligraphy case for 2021 event. Mohammad Hassan Talebian said that in 2020, Turkey did not suggest an case in this regard but it has recently presented a proposal named ...

MNA The Director General of Tourism Planning and Development Affairs said that United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is ready to boost tourism cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Speaking in an interview with IRNA on Monday, Alireza Rahimi pointed to the details of this plan and reiterated, in order ...

Tehran Times - Irans traditional skills of crafting and playing the dotar won world heritage status on Thursday, joining UNESCOs culture list as one of the most prominent social and cultural components of the folkloric music of the nation. UNESCO accepted traditional skills of crafting and playing the dotar on the world bodys list of the Intangible ...

MNA Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mansour Gholami called for collective attempt needed for eliminating scientific gap in the world. He made the remarks on Fri. in his meeting with the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Audrey Azoulay on Thursday, on the sidelines of a ...

IRNA - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday named 66 urban settlements, including one Iranian city, to join its Network of Creative Cities. Among the network's new members are Irans Sanandaj (music) which "commits to placing culture at the center of their development strategies and sharing their ...

Al-Monitor | Mohammad Reza Niknejad: World Teachers Day is held annually Oct. 5 to celebrate the role of teachers in providing quality education at all levels. While some local governments in Iran don't permit the day's observance, teachers guild associations will often observe the day by issuing statements and holding small ceremonies. Sometimes there ...

IRNA "UNESCO believes , the Silk Road can play an important role in the dialogue of nations and civilizations" , said the Officer-in-Charge of the UNESCO Office in Tehran on Monday. The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the UNESCO Cluster Office in Tehran, in cooperation with the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO and the Iranian Ministry of ...

MNA Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Mohamamd Hassan Talebian announced on Sunday that UNESCO officials are to pay a visit to Iran to inscribe domestic railway network as the first industrial heritage site in the country. "UNESCO assessors will pay a visit to Iran in September or early days of October to inscribe domestic ...

Tehran Times Hyrcanian forests will be equipped with modern technology devices such as camera traps, drones and fire-detection sensors, the deputy director of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has said. Recently designated as a World Heritage site by UNESCO, the Hyrcanian Forest cover the northern slope of the Alborz Mountain ...

Press TV - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added Irans ancient northern Hyrcanian Forests to its list of World Heritage Sites. The World Heritage Committee, charged with selecting the UNESCO-recognized sites,made the decisionon Fridayduring its 43rd annual meeting underway in the Azerbaijani capital ...

United Nations Iran - Looking from space, satellite imagery shows the abundant masses of water that characterize the Earth. Yet, less than 1% account for usable fresh water. Almost all human activities depend on water, be it food production, energy generation, industry or even recreation. Water management and governance affect the health of humans ...

IRNA - The dossier of creating and playing the Iranian traditional musical instrument dotar (meaning two strings in Persian) which was submitted for inclusion in UNESCOs List of Intangible Cultural Heritage is in evaluation stage, a cultural official said. Iran submitted the dossier to UNESCO in a file titled Traditional skills for making and playing ...

IRNA - Tehrans historic Vali-e Asr Street has been registered on UNESCOs temporary list of global heritage, according to Tehran mayor. Pirouz Hanachi told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Tuesday that Vali-e Asr Street had been earlier been registered as a national heritage. He said that this is the first step to have the street to ...

IRNA Gonbad-e Kavus city has been nominated for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage City registration for its Turkmen rugs, said the Golestan provincial cultural heritage official on Sunday. World or national registration of a citys handicrafts chiefly aims at popularizing them, said the ...

Tehran Times - The Literacy Movement Organization of Iran is awarded the 2018 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy for its program Consolidated teaching of literacy and ICDL basic computer skills. The UNESCO International Literacy Day conference took place on September 7, held a day ahead of the actual International Literacy Day, at Paris Headquarters ...

Tasnim | Mahmoud Hosseini: President of the Polo Federation Hojatollah Dehkhodaei said Chovgan, a forerunner of Polo, was named in the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage as Irans cultural heritage, contrary to the claims of some other countries, like Azerbaijan.    ...