UNESCO has designated 23 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 | |
Yazd Province, | 2017 | 22 | ||
Fars | 2018 | 23 |
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,Dowlat abad,Abbas abad 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