UNESCO has designated 21 sites in Iran as World Heritage Sites.
Site | Image | Location | Year | Ref. |
Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran | ![]() |
West Azerbaijan | 2008 | 1 |
Bam and its Caltural Landscape | ![]() |
Kerman | 2004 | 2 |
Bisotun | ![]() |
Kermanshah | 2006 | 3 |
Cultural Landscape of Maymand | ![]() |
Kerman | 2015 | 18 |
Golestan Palace | ![]() |
Tehran | 2013 | 4 |
Gonbad-e Qabus | ![]() |
Golestan | 2012 | 5 |
Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan | ![]() |
Isfahan | 2012 | 6 |
Meidan Emam, Esfahan | ![]() |
Isfahan | 1979 | 7 |
Pasargadae | ![]() |
Fars | 2004 | 8 |
Persepolis | ![]() |
Fars | 1979 | 9 |
Shahr-i Sokhta | ![]() |
Sistan and Baluchestan | 2014 | 10 |
Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil | ![]() |
Ardabil | 2010 | 11 |
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System | ![]() |
Khuzestan | 2009 | 12 |
Soltaniyeh | ![]() |
Zanjan | 2005 | 13 |
Susa | ![]() |
Khuzestan | 2015 | 19 |
Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex | ![]() |
Tabriz | 2010 | 14 |
Takht-e Soleyman | ![]() |
West Azerbaijan | 2003 | 15 |
Tchogha Zanbil | ![]() |
Khuzestan | 1979 | 16 |
The Persian Garden | ![]() |
Pars | 2011 | 17 |
The Persian Qanat | ![]() |
Razavi Khorasan,South Khorasan, Yazd, Kerman,Markazi, Isfahan, | 2016 | 20 |
Lut Desert | ![]() |
Kerman and Sistan and Baluchistan Province, | 2016 | 21 |
Descriptions:
*Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran including: St Thaddeus Monastery, St Stepanos Monastery, Chapel of Dzordzor, Chapel of Chupan, Church of the Holy Mother of God
*Arg-e Bam is the biggest adobe structure in the world.
*Gonbad-e Qabus is the tallest baked-brick-built structure in world.
*The Persian Garden , including 9 selected gardens in Iran: Pasargadae, Chehel Sotoun, Fin, Eram, Shazdeh,Dolatabad,Abbasabad Garden, Akbarieh,Pahlevanpour
*The Persian Qanat , including 11 selected Qanat in Iran: Qanats of Qasabeh Gonabad, Qanat of Baladeh, Qanat of Zarch, Hasam Abad-e Moshir Qanat, Ebrahim Abad Qanat,Qanat of Vazvan, Mozd Abad Qanat, Qanat of the Moon, Qanat of Gowhariz, Ghasem Abad, Akbar Abad