Final UN report records limited progress in heritage restoration

Technology transfer had been seriously interrupted for over a decade, the report stated. It proposed UN-agency support for contacts between Iranian industry and foreign technology holders, alongside...

The mission was told the war destroyed high-power medium-wave and FM transmitters, buildings and television studios. Replacement of damaged broadcasting installations was estimated at 19,000 million...

The report described replacement of broadcasting equipment with more powerful, advanced components. Housing new stations in thick concrete shelters to reduce future damage increased reconstruction...

The UN mission praised communications reconstruction but identified commissioning difficulties as projects multiplied. IRIB sometimes relied on equipment suppliers because trained engineers were...

Iran’s heritage priorities included revised plans, suitable organization, legal and financial support, workforce rehabilitation, modernized equipment and restoration of damaged sites and...

Iran sought training in conservation, restoration, documentation and museology. The report also recorded needs for photogrammetric equipment, monument-inventory software, specialist publications and...

The report recorded requests for international advice on conserving stone, baked brick and adobe. Technical assistance was also sought for studying Shushtar’s ancient water mills and irrigation...

The report proposed focusing a draft UNDP heritage project on Tehran’s National Research Laboratory. It also identified funding needs to restore historic houses in Esfahan for expansion of the...

Despite substantial human resources and the competence of traditional craftsmen and supervising experts, the UN mission expected completion of necessary cultural-heritage restoration to take many...

The report recorded Kharg Island’s crude-oil loading capacity falling from a prewar 14 million barrels per day to about 2 million. It linked the reduction to extensive damage at Iran’s principal...