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cultural heritage, which demonstrates its importance to the government, the report added.In addition, efforts have been made to place the
protection and restoration of cultural heritage as the social responsibility of the entire society and to increase the participation of the
people.According to data compiled by the tourism ministry, currently, 740 museums are active across Iran and some three million historical
objects are being kept at museums affiliated with the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Ministry.Iran is home to one of the
rich natural, rural landscapes as well as 26 UNESCO World Heritage sites.The name of Iran, formerly known as Persia, mostly conjures up the
first Persian Empire, ruled by the Achaemenids (ca
However, there are tens of prehistorical sites as the Burnt City in Sistan-Baluchestan, Tepe Sialk in Kashan, Susa and Chogha Zanbil in the
Khuzestan province, and Ecbatana in Hamedan which predate the Achaemenid period.From a wider point of view, Iranian history can be divided
into Pre-Islamic and Islamic eras
The Medes unified Iran as a nation and empire in 625 BC
