According to the Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency, Marco Giovanni Brambilla, PhD in architecture and Urban development, and a professor in Harvard and Penn Universities, gave a lecture on the Sultanieh Dome, in Iran. The lecture is to be convened in the Study Center of Farhangestan-e Honar, an academic setting for art studies.

This is important due to the fact that, after the Islamic Revolution, the historical heritage of Iran was neglected systemically and their repair and up-keeping were commissioned to unprofessional repairing teams. Thus, most of the repair-works done in important historical sites such as Pasargad Mausoleum, Persepolis, Bisotun and many others were handled unprofessionally and in an ugly manner.

World Environment Day is celebrated every year on 5 June to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth.

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World Environment Day is celebrated in many ways in countries such as Kenya, New Zealand, Poland, Spain and the United States. Activities include street rallies and parades, as well as concerts, tree planting, and clean-up campaigns. In many countries, this annual event is used to enhance political attention and action towards improving the environment. This observance also provides an opportunity to sign or ratify international environmental conventions.

Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century Sun Temple (also known as the Black Pagoda), at Konark, in Odisha, India. It was supposedly built by King Narasimhadeva I of Eastern Ganga Dynasty around 1250.  This temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Cultural Heritage Administration of Iran have been commissioned to start teaching Islamic rules to foreign tourists traveling to Iran.

According to the official website of Islamic Republic of Iran, quoting from their dedicated site on Religions and denominations, this decision was ratified by a joint commission of Islamic Parliament’s committee of Law and Culture on August 2, 2014.

According to this decision, Iran’s Cultural Heritage Organization, Ministry of Islamic Guidance and all other relevant departments have been commissioned to educate the foreign tourists who travel to Iran about Islamic laws and regulations.

The spokesperson for this joint commission has also mentioned that the decision includes the formation of a special branch to oversee all the breaches of this regulation as well as any other offence related to the Islamic rules.