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Unesco raises alarm over heritage sites as bombing in Iran intensifies

Damage to Golestan Palace in Tehran, after US and Israeli airstrikes, 2 March, 2026. © پاد / POD

The United Nations cultural body Unesco has called on warring parties in the Middle East to respect international conventions protecting cultural property after Iran’s heritage-listed Golestan Palace was damaged in US-Israeli air strikes.

The palace in Tehran was hit in an attack on Arag Square in the south of the city on Sunday evening, local media reported.

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