{"id":40945,"date":"2020-01-05T08:02:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T08:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/?p=40945"},"modified":"2026-11-08T00:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T00:21:35","slug":"iran-world-heritage-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/iran-world-heritage-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran World Heritage Sites Listed by UNESCO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Iran has 30 UNESCO World Heritage properties<\/strong>: 28 cultural and two natural, according to the World Heritage Centre\u2019s country list<\/a> as of November 2026. They range from prehistoric cave sites to the Achaemenid terraces at Persepolis<\/a> and the centuries of mosque building visible at Isfahan\u2019s Friday Mosque<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two natural properties protect contrasting landscapes: wind-carved ridges and dune fields in the Lut Desert, and broadleaf forests along the Caspian in the Hyrcanian Forests<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The table gives inscription years and locations. Some entries cover multiple places: the Persian Qanat<\/a>, for example, groups underground water systems across several provinces. Bam has its own inscription, which includes the fortified town and its oasis landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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List Of UNESCO World Heritage Sites In Iran<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No<\/strong><\/th>Site<\/strong><\/th>Year<\/strong><\/th>Location<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran<\/td>2008<\/td>West Azerbaijan<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Bam and its Cultural Landscape<\/td>2004<\/td>Kerman<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Bisotun<\/td>2006<\/td>Kermanshah<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Cultural Landscape of Maymand<\/td>2015<\/td>Kerman<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Cultural Landscape of Hawraman\/Uramanat<\/td>2021<\/td>Kurdistan<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Gonbad-e Q\u0101bus<\/td>2012<\/td>
7<\/td>Golestan Palace<\/a><\/td>2013<\/td>Tehran<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>Lut Desert<\/a> (Natural)<\/td>2016<\/td>Kerman<\/a> and Sistan<\/a> and Baluchestan<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Sassanid Archaeological Landscape<\/td>2018<\/td>Fars (Bishabpur, Firouzabad, Sarvestan)<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Masjed-e J\u0101m\u00e9 of Isfahan<\/td>2012<\/td>Isfahan<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>Naqsh-e Jahan Square<\/a><\/td>1979<\/td>Isfahan<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Pasargadae<\/td>2004<\/td>Fars<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>Persepolis<\/td>1979<\/td>Fars<\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>Shahr-e Sukhteh<\/a><\/td>2014<\/td>Sistan and Baluchestan<\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>Sheikh Safi al-din<\/a> Kh\u0101neg\u0101h and Shrine Ensemble<\/td>2010<\/td>Ardabil<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System<\/a><\/td>2009<\/td>Khuzestan<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>Soltaniyeh<\/td>2005<\/td>Zanjan<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>Susa<\/td>2015<\/td>Khuzestan<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex<\/a><\/td>2010<\/td>East Azerbaijan<\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>Takht-e Soleyman<\/a><\/td>2003<\/td>West Azerbaijan<\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>Tchogha Zanbil<\/a><\/td>1979<\/td>Khuzestan<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>The Persian Garden<\/a><\/td>2011<\/td>Fars, Kerman<\/a>, Razavi Khorasan, Yazd<\/a>, Mazandaran, and Isfahan<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>Trans-Iranian Railway<\/td>2021<\/td>Mazandaran, Tehran<\/a> and Khuzestan<\/td><\/tr>
24<\/td>Persian Qanat<\/td>2016<\/td>Razavi Khorasan, South Khorasan, Yazd<\/a>, Kerman<\/a>, Markazi and Isfahan<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>Historic City of Yazd<\/a><\/td>2017<\/td>Yazd<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
26<\/td>Hyrcanian Forests (Natural)<\/td>2019<\/td>Golestan, Mazandaran and Gilan<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
27<\/td>Persian Caravanserai<\/td>2023<\/td>Various locations<\/td><\/tr>
28<\/td>Hegmataneh<\/a> (Ecbatana)<\/td>2024<\/td>Hamedan<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
29<\/td>The Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley<\/td>2025<\/td>Khorramabad in Lorestan<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
30<\/td>Alam\u016bt Castle and Related Fortifications<\/td>2026<\/td>Qazvin<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
List Of World Heritage Sites In Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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