Iran seeks multinational UNESCO inscription of Yalda
TEHRAN – Iran has called on its nearby states to join hands to put forward the ancient Persian Yalda festivity for a possible UNESCO registration. “We are prepared for a multinational inscription of Yalda Night by 2019,” Mohammad-Hassan Talebian, a deputy director of the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization, said on Thursday. Iran solely submitted an initial proposal on the event to the UN cultural body in 2015, yet has recently issued calls for other nations, including the ones sharing a UNESCO-tag for Noruz ...
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