EghtesadOnline: Sixty Iranian online hospitality service providers received calls at the weekend from Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) warning them that if they do not discontinue listing non-hotel accommodations, their websites would be blocked. Since then the Information Technology Organization has taken measures to stop the ICHHTO.
EghtesadOnline: Cultural heritage officials have yet to decide on what site to nominate for inscription on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization and the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) and Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties cooperate in protecting cultural heritage.
EghtesadOnline: The German-based Gerda Henkel Foundation has selected Iran, along with Uganda and Russia, as one of the recipients of this year’s research grants.