World Heritage Sites
Iran has been a member of World Heritage Sites of UNESCO since 1978, with 12 sites has been already registered and 57 sites are tentative candidates.
- Site Name Entered
- Chogha Zanbil 1979
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 1979
- Persepolis 1979
- Takht-e Soleyman 2003
- Bam and its Cultural Landscape 2004
- Pasargadae 2004
- Soltaniyeh 2005
- Bisotun 2006
- The Armenian Monastic Ensembles in Iran 2008
- Shushtar, Historical Hydraulic System 2009
- Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex 2010
- Sheikh Safi al-Din Khanegah and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil 2010
- Tentative Site list of Iran
- Alisadr Cave
- Arasbaran Protected Area
- Bagh-e Fin (Fin Garden), Kashan
- Bastam and Kharghan
- Bazaar of Qaisariye in Laar
- Cultural Landscape of Alamout
- Damavand
- Firuzabad Ensemble
- Ghaznavi- Seljukian Axis in Khorasan
- Golestan National Park
- Hamoun Lake
- Hegmataneh
- Historic ensemble of Qasr-e Shirin
- Historic Monument of Kangavar
- Historic-Natural Axis of Isfahan City
- Historical Ensemble of Qasr-e Shirin
- Hyrcanian Forest (Caspian Forest)
- Jame' (Congregational) Mosque of Esfahan
- Jiroft
- Kaboud Mosque
- Kerman Historical-Cultural Structure
- Khabr National Park and Ruchun Wildlife Refuge
- Khorramabad Valley
- Kuh-e Khuaja
- Lut Desert (the vicinity of Shahdad)
- Mangrove Forest (Harra Reserve)
- Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab
- Persepolis and other relevant buildings
- Qanats of Gonabad
- Qeshm Island
- Sabalan
- Shahr-e Sukhteh
- Shush
- Silk Route (Also as Silk Road)
- Susa
- Tape Sialk
- Taq-e Bostan
- Tehran Historical – Cultural Axis (Golestan Palace)
- The Collection of Historical Bridges
- The Complex of Handmade Settlements in Iran (Maymand Village)
- The Complex of Izadkhast
- The Cultural Landscape of Uramanat
- The Cultural-Natural Landscape of Ramsar
- The Ensemble of Historical Sassanian Cities in Fars Province (Bishabpur, Firouzabad, Sarvestan)
- The Historical City of Masouleh
- The Historical City of Maybod
- The Historical Port of Siraf
- The Historical Structure of Yazd
- The Historical Texture of Damghan
- The Historical Village of Abyaneh
- The Historical–Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan
- The Natural-Historical Landscape of Izeh
- The Sepulcher Towers (Gonbad-e Ghabous)
- The Zandiyeh Ensemble of Fars Province
- Touran Biosphere Reserve
- Tous Cultural Landscape
- Zozan