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EghtesadOnline: Head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Irina Georgieva Bokova in a message condoled President Hassan Rouhani over the demise of the late Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani who died on Jan 8.

EghtesadOnline: Registration of Norouz -the traditional Iranian festival marking the beginning of Spring - on UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List plays an important role in fostering friendship and unity among member states, said the deputy director of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicraft Organization.

EghtesadOnline: Associate Professor of Law at the University of Shahid Beheshti in Tehran and a consultant to UNESCO described handicrafts as an important Iranian intangible heritage.

EghtesadOnline: The conservation of Darugheh House in Mashhad, the Khorasan Razavi Province, was among the 13 winning projects of UNESCO 2016 Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.

EghtesadOnline: Lut Desert was declared Iran’s 21st world heritage site on July 17 and became the country’s first-ever natural heritage on UNESCO’s coveted World Heritage List.

EghtesadOnline: UNESCO director general in a formal letter gave a UNESCO global geo-barks supreme council seat to Alireza Amri-Kazemi, an Iranian experienced expert in geo-tourism and geo-parks.