The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Iran accepted the convention on 26 February 1975, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2019, twenty-four sites in Iran are included.[1]The first three sites in Iran, Meidan Naghshe Jahan, Isfahan, Persepolis and Tchogha Zanbil, were inscribed on the list at the 3rd Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Paris, France in 1979.[3] They remained the Islamic Republic's only listed properties until 2003, when Takht-e Soleyman was added to the list.[4] The latest addition was the Hyrcanian forests, inscribed in 2019.In addition to its inscribed sites, Iran also lists more than 50 properties on its tentative list.[5]
World Heritage Sites
The table is sortable by column by clicking on the Sort both.gif at the top of the appropriate column; alphanumerically for the site, area, and year columns; by state party for the location column; and by criteria type for the Criteria column. Transborder sites sort at the bottom.
· Site; named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation[6]
· Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates
· Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee[7]
· Area; in hectares and acres. If available, the size of the buffer zone has been noted as well. A lack of value implies that no data has been published by UNESCO
· Year; during which the site was inscribed to the World Heritage List
· Description; brief information about the site, including reasons for qualifying as an endangered site, if applicable
