TEHRAN – Iran’s cultural heritage recognized by UNESCO holds an incalculable value for the global community, Feng Jing the Chief of the Culture Unit of UNESCO in Bangkok said on Monday.

During the 5th Ordinary Governing Council Meeting of the Regional Research Center for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in West and Central Asia held in

TEHRAN – The intellectual property of Kashan’s hand-woven Joshaqan carpet has gained a global label, Kashan’s tourism chief has said. 

Joshaqan carpet has been awarded a patent by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a subsidiary of the United Nations based in Geneva, Ahmad Danainia explained on Tuesday. 

Joshaqan carpet is woven in

TEHRAN – Illegal excavators and smugglers have destroyed several historical properties throughout Iran, a cultural heritage expert has said. 

 Under the false promise of discovering treasure, illegal diggers mercilessly desecrate numerous historical landmarks across the country, ILNA quoted Siavash Aria as saying on Tuesday. 

Nowadays, cultural

TEHRAN – A new Persian translation of “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”, a French romantic/gothic novel by Victor Hugo, has been published.

Hermes is the publisher of the book originally published in 1831. The novel has been translated by Mohammadreza Parsayar.

This extraordinary historical French gothic novel, set in Medieval Paris under the twin