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Music, calligraphy, painting, carpets, architecture and cinema.

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Heritage

Arts

Music, calligraphy, painting, carpets, architecture and cinema.

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Arts

Music, calligraphy, painting, carpets, architecture and cinema.

Arts

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  • Dastgah and radif

    Persian classical music system; the radif is on UNESCO's Representative List (2009)

  • Calligraphy

    Nasta'liq, developed in Iran

  • Persian painting

    Herat, Tabriz, Shiraz and Isfahan schools

  • Carpets

    Fars and Kashan weaving traditions on UNESCO's lists (2010)

  • Architecture and gardens

    Persepolis, Isfahan, the Persian garden and qanats

  • Cinema

    From the New Wave to Kiarostami, Farhadi and Panahi

  • Ta'zieh and naqqali

    Ritual drama and storytelling

  • Zurkhaneh

    Traditional athletics (UNESCO, 2010)

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