Iran National Heritage List
Iran National Heritage List is a register of nationally significant monuments, places, buildings, events, etc., officially registered under the National Heritage Preservation Act of 1930. According to Article 1 of this law, "All the industrial monuments and buildings that were built up to the end of the Zand dynasty in the country of Iran, including movable and immovable in accordance with Article 13 of this law, can be considered as national heritage of Iran and under the protection and supervision of the state."
After 25 years, on 1 February 1956, with the registration of the Golestan Palace, the ban on the registration of works related to the Qajar era was practically lifted and subsequently the official list of these monuments was published under the current name.
History
On 12 November 1930, with the approval of the Antiquities Act in the National Consultative Assembly, "all the works of ethnic groups who have lived on the territory of Persia until the end of the Zandieh era, are called antiques...." About two years later, on 19 November 1932, the law went into effect. By then, the Qajar items had not been registered. On 14 December 1934, the new memorandum was legalised, and thus the registry included the Qajar monuments.André Godard, a French archaeologist and then an employee of the National Museum of Iran, registered 385 items. By the end of the Pahlavi era, 1633 items were registered. The first series of these national heritage monuments was registered on 16 September 1931, and the first official monument is Soleyman Tappeh in Ilam.
After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts was responsible for maintaining and renovating the national heritage.