The decision was made during the UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s 44th session held online.
Iran’s national railway with a length of approximately 1,400 kilometers was registered as the 25th tangible cultural heritage and the first industrial heritage of Iran on the List.
Although the case of this work had flaws, but at the meeting of the World Heritage Committee, many representatives described it as an engineering wonder and stressed the historical importance of this railway in economic and international exchange and the connection between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Supported its inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List
The Iranian Railway was designed and built in 1315, during the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi
