The Golestan Palace in Tehran, formerly the Iranian royal residence, has lived through 400 years of history. See the damage caused by recent strikes.

The United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, has expressed concerns over escalating violence in the Middle East after Iran's Golestan Palace was damaged by debris after a US-Israeli air strike on

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Tehran’s only Unesco World Heritage Site, Golestan Palace, was damaged on Sunday (1 March) as the United States and Israeli forces intensified their offensive against Iran. The assaults, launched on 28 February,

Haiti’s Ministry of Culture and Communication has nominated the archives of Le Nouvelliste for inclusion in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. Founded in 1898, the country’s oldest daily holds more than a century of editions,

Several historic cultural sites in the Middle East are at risk due to the conflict, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said. The Golestan Palace, a former official royal residence and one of the most historic monuments in Tehran,

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