UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of) has 29 UNESCO World Heritage Sites: 28 cultural and 1 natural. That is the 9th-largest country collection in Zikzak's current UNESCO dataset.
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- Sites
- 29
- Countries
- 1
- Cultural
- 28
- Natural
- 1
- Mixed
- 0
- Inscription years
- 1979–2026
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29 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Alamūt Castle and Related Fortifications — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2026
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2008
- Bam and its Cultural Landscape — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2004
- Bisotun — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2006
- Cultural Landscape of Hawraman/Uramanat — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2021
- Cultural Landscape of Maymand — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2015
- Golestan Palace — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2013
- Gonbad-e Qābus — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2012
- Hegmataneh — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2024
- Historic City of Yazd — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2017
- Lut Desert — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Natural · 2016
- Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2012
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 1979
- Pasargadae — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2004
- Persepolis — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 1979
- Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2025
- Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2018
- Shahr-i Sokhta — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2014
- Sheikh Safi al-din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2010
- Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2009
- Soltaniyeh — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2005
- Susa — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2015
- Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2010
- Takht-e Soleyman — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2003
- Tchogha Zanbil — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 1979
- The Persian Caravanserai — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2023
- The Persian Garden — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2011
- The Persian Qanat — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2016
- Trans-Iranian Railway — Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Cultural · 2021
Counts are based on Zikzak's current UNESCO World Heritage dataset, sourced from UNESCO. Last updated 7 August 2026. UNESCO insights