7/7/2025–|Last update: 00:39 (Mecca time)
Despite the tense atmosphere that prevailed in the Iranian capital, Tehran, and other regions after the 12 -day Israeli aggression, the Iranian cultural authorities reassured its citizens that the country’s cultural heritage “was not subjected to any harm”, confirming the implementation of a series of accurate preventive measures to protect it.
The minister visited the Agency for Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Ali Darabi, both the Iranian National Museum and the historic Palace of Galatan, in Tehran, to inspect the field protection measures. In a statement during his visit immediately after the ceasefire, Darabi said: “With the aggressive attack by the usurping Zionist regime, museums and cultural sites were temporarily closed, but fortunately, no damage was recorded on cultural and historical property.”
He stressed that “the reopening of museums and historical sites in each governorate depends on the decisions of the local Security Council for each region,” in reference to the continued security assessments.
Securing thousands of artifacts
During the tour, the director of the Glosen Palace, Afrin Imami, submitted a detailed report on the measures taken, saying that “about 300 thousand artifacts were packaged and organized within the protection plans.”
In the same context, the head of the National Museum, Gabriel Nokanda, added that “the pieces that cannot be transferred to the secure warehouses were fortified using thermal insulators and sand bags to protect them from any possible harm.”
Quick steps and international correspondence
In a later statement during the national meeting of the Institute of Cultural Heritage on June 24, Darabi said that “the executive orders for protection were applied immediately after the start of the aggression,” praising the efforts of the protection teams and experts that managed to “transfer antiquities and valuable property to safe sites.”
He also explained that “a special committee has been formed during the early days of the crisis to follow up the protection of material and non -material heritage, as its work included preparing a digital archive and accurate documentation based on geographical locations.”
At an international dimension, Darabi revealed that “more than 100 personalities from the heritage sector activists signed a message calling for international support to protect antiquities,” adding that “in response to this, the Minister of Cultural Heritage sent an official message to the Director General of UNESCO.”
Between the recruitment and precaution
Iran is one of the countries rich in cultural heritage, as it includes 28 sites listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List, and thousands of unregistered archaeological sites and groups.
Iran’s National Museum is highlighted as a central intellectual and cultural institution, which includes thousands of artifacts that chronicle the path of Iranian civilization from prehistoric times until the Islamic era. In its extended halls, statues of mites, inscriptions from Persepolis and pottery tools are distributed from the Stone Age, along with Quranic manuscripts and gilded Qur’ans, which makes it a testament to the sequence of empires and spiritual and intellectual decorations that passed on this earth.
Not far from the National Museum, there is the National Jewelry Museum, located under the supervision of the Iranian Central Bank, and includes one of the most valuable royal jewelry groups in the world. As soon as the visitor enters, he finds himself in front of an incomparable sparkle: the crown of Shahat Al -Qajar, inlaid swords, necklaces and royal bracelets, and the most famous piece ever: the diamond “Draia Nour” (Bahr al -Nur), which is one of the rarest types of pink diamonds on the face of the earth.
Also in the capital, Golman’s Palace occupies a special location in the historic Tehran narrative. It was built in the eighteenth century, and was the royal headquarters of the rulers of the Qajar state, and witnessed the coronation of Iran’s witnesses to the era of the Pahlavis, as the Iranian Irrigation Museum, which provides a unique experience highlighting the brilliance of the Iranians in the exploitation of water and natural resources, is also present.
Below are some pictures of the holdings of the National Museum of Iran, “Moza Mella,”, which is the prominent archaeological institution in the country and described as “the memory of the historical country”:
