Iran, cultural crossroads for 2,500 years
Iran, cultural crossroads for 2,500 years
This issue of the Unesco Courier is published to mark an important date: the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Iran. Unesco's General Conference, recognizing the importance of Iranian civilization in world history and its "links with other civilizations over a period of twenty-five centuries", last year adopted a resolution calling on Unesco and its Member States to co-operate with the Iranian authorities in this commemoration.
The Editors hope that the presentation in this issue of a few of the features of Iranian culture and civilization brief and incomplete though they may be will help to spark a more profound interest in the great traditions of Persia which are as alive today as they were two millennia ago.