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World Heritage Sites

SiteInscribedCategoryReviewsRating
Armenian Monastic Ensembles 2008 Cultural 2 3.29
Bam Cultural Landscape 2004 Cultural 2 3.17
Bisotun 2006 Cultural 3 2.92
Golestan Palace 2013 Cultural 2 3.12
Gonbad-e Qâbus 2012 Cultural 3 3.1
Hyrcanian Forests 2019 Natural 2 1.87
Lut Desert 2016 Natural 2 3.87
Masjed-e Jâme' 2012 Cultural 3 3.34
Maymand 2015 Cultural 3 2.56
Meidan Emam, Esfahan 1979 Cultural 3 4.15
Pasargadae 2004 Cultural 5 2.65
Persepolis 1979 Cultural 3 4.51
Persian Garden 2011 Cultural 2 3.4
Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 2010 Cultural 3 3.41
Sassanid Archaeological Landscape 2018 Cultural 1 3.43
Shahr-i Sokhta 2014 Cultural 2 2.63
Shushtar 2009 Cultural 2 3.41
Soltaniyeh 2005 Cultural 2 2.95
Susa 2015 Cultural 4 2.39
Tabriz Bazaar 2010 Cultural 3 2.58
Takht-e Soleyman 2003 Cultural 3 3.35
Tchogha Zanbil 1979 Cultural 3 3.6
The Persian Qanat 2016 Cultural 2 2.69
Yazd 2017 Cultural 2 3.58

Tentative List

SiteAddedCategoryExtensionScheduledReviews
Alisadr Cave 2007 Natural 1
Arasbaran Protected Area 2007 Natural 1
Asbads (windmill) of Iran 2017 Cultural 1
Bastam and Kharghan 2007 Cultural 0
Bazaar of Qaisariye in Laar 2007 Cultural 0
Cultural Landscape of Alamout 2007 Mixed 2
Damavand 2008 Natural 0
Firuzabad Ensemble 1997 Cultural 0
Ghaznavi- Seljukian Axis in Khorasan 2007 Cultural 0
Hamoun Lake 2008 Natural 1
Harra Protected Area 2008 Natural 0
Hegmataneh 2008 Cultural 0
Historic ensemble of Qasr-e Shirin 1997 Cultural 0
Historic Monument of Kangavar 2007 Cultural 0
Historical Ensemble of Qasr-e Shirin 2007 Cultural 0
Hyrcanian Forests (extension) 2020 Natural Yes 2022 0
Imam Reza Holy Complex 2017 Cultural 0
Industrial Heritage of textile in the central Plateau of Iran 2017 Cultural 0
Jame' (Congregational) Mosque of Esfahan 1997 Cultural 0
Jiroft 2007 Cultural 0
Kaboud Mosque 2007 Cultural 2
Kerman Historical-Cultural Structure 2008 Cultural 0
Khabr National Park and Ruchun Wildlife Refuge 2007 Natural 0
Khorramabad Valley 2007 Cultural 0
Kuh-e Khuaja 2007 Cultural 0
Monastery of St. Amenaprkich (New Julfa Vank) 2019 Cultural Yes 1
Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab 1997 Cultural 1
Natural-Historical Complex / Cave of Karaftoo 2017 Mixed 0
Persepolis and other relevant buildings 2007 Cultural Yes 0
Persian Caravanserai 2017 Cultural 2022 2
Qeshm Island 2007 Natural 0
Sabalan 2007 Natural 0
Salt Domes of Iran 2017 Natural 1
Shush 1997 Cultural 0
Silk Route (Also as Silk Road) 2008 Cultural 0
Tape Sialk 1997 Cultural 1
Taq-e Bostan 2007 Cultural 1
The Collection of Historical Bridges 2008 Cultural 1
The Complex of Izadkhast 2007 Cultural 0
The Cultural Landscape of Uramanat 2007 Cultural 2021 0
The Cultural-Natural Landscape of Ramsar 2007 Mixed 1
The Great Wall of Gorgan 2017 Cultural 0
The Historical City of Masouleh 2007 Cultural 1
The Historical City of Maybod 2007 Cultural 1
The Historical Port of Siraf 2007 Cultural 0
The Historical Texture of Damghan 2007 Cultural 0
The Historical Village of Abyaneh 2007 Cultural 1
The Historical-Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan 2007 Cultural 0
The Natural-Historical Landscape of Izeh 2008 Cultural 2
The Persian House in Central plateau of Iran 2017 Cultural 1
The Zandiyeh Ensemble of Fars Province 2008 Cultural 1
Touran Biosphere Reserve 2008 Natural 0
Tous Cultural Landscape 2007 Cultural 0
Trans-Iranian Railway 2017 Cultural 2020 1
University of Tehran 2017 Cultural 0
Vali-e Asr Street 2019 Cultural 0
Zozan 2007 Cultural 1

Former Tentative Sites

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Historic-Natural Axis of Isfahan City 2007 2013 0

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