The Cultural Heritage News Agency has criticized Massoud Soltanifar, the head of the Cultural Heritage Organization, for failing to address the death of a traveller in Shahdad Dessert last month due to a land mine explosion. The report laments the fact that Soltanifar failed to mention the incident at his press conference and, “without […]
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Rohani ally switches jobs in the government
The Iranian president has accepted the resignation of Mohammad Ali Najafi as head of Culture and Tourism Department and appointed him to lead the Economic Coordination Committee. Massod Soltanifar was announced as a replacement for Najafi. Soltanifar had been nominated by Rohani for the Sports and Youth Ministry but he failed to obtain Parliament’s […]
Dozens of historic buildings quietly lost protection
The Mehr News Agency reports that 58 historic buildings have been removed from the National Heritage list in the past eight years by orders from the Court of Administrative Justice. The report accuses the former administration of remaining silent in the face of these losses. Mehr reports that the dropping of these historic buildings […]
U.S. returns ancient artifact as token of friendship
The United States has returned a 2,700 year-old Iranian artifact to the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage Department as a token of the budding friendship between the two countries. The ancient silver chalice, which dates back to the Achaemenid era around 700 BC, is in the shape of a mythical beast with the body […]