The Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran has announced some new rates of entrance fees for museums, monuments, and historical sites. As the costs for maintaining the time-precious items and renovating constructions have risen, the ministers’ community has reached a compromise to increase the entrance fee of the historical-cultural centers and museums.
Table’s Guide
Exploring Iran’s historical and cultural sites involves understanding the entrance fee structure, which is categorized into Classes A, B, C, and D. Class A sites, such as the Golestan Palace, command the highest fees due to their significant historical and cultural value.
The pricing structure is tiered, providing flexibility to visitors based on their interests and available time. For instance, at the Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, if you choose to visit only a few places within the complex, you pay a minimum fee. However, to fully immerse yourself in the palace’s rich history and see all its attractions, you would need to pay the maximum fee.
This system allows visitors to tailor their experiences according to their preferences, time constraints, and budget. It’s important to remember that these entrance fees contribute to the maintenance and preservation of Iran’s invaluable cultural heritage.
In conclusion, understanding this tiered entrance fee system is crucial for anyone planning to explore Iran’s rich historical landscape. It not only helps in budgeting your trip but also ensures you get the most out of your visit to these remarkable sites.
Tehran Province (Capital: Tehran)
Class D
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 800,000 Rial (80,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,500,000 Rial (150,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 6,500,000 Rial (650,000 Toman)
Tughrul Tower
Glassware and Ceramic Museum of Iran
Islamic Era Museum at the National Museum of Iran
Golestan Palace Complex (All Museums)
Rashkan Castle
Reza Abbasi Museum
National Museum of Iran (Iran Bastan Museum)
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National Museum of the Holy Quran
Carpet Museum of Iran
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Bahram fire temple (Tappe Mil)
Under Glass Painting Museum
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Jameh Mosque of Varamin
Green Palace
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Alaodoleh Tower
Mellat Museum
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Each Museum of Sa’dabad Complex
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Each Museum of Niavaran Complex
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Prehistoric Museum at the National Museum of Iran
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National Arts Museum
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Isfahan Province (Capital: Isfahan)
Class C
Class B(Private)
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,500,000 to 5,000,000 Rial (150,000-500,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
Hasht Behesht Palace
Va’ank Church (200,000 T)
Aali Qapu Palace
Fire temple of Isfahan
The Armenian Music Museum of New Jolfa (100,000 T)
Abbasi Congregational Mosque
Agha Bozorg Mosque School
Assarkhaneh Shahi Museum (200,000 T)
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
Tabatabai House
Isfahan Music Museum (300,000 T)
Chehel Sotoon Palace
Borujerdi House
Isfahan’s National Art Museum (500,000 T)
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
National Museum of Kashan
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Monarjonban
Kavir Anthropology Museum
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Fin Garden Bathhouse
Natanz Archaeological Museum
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Sialk Hills
Jameh Mosque of Natanz
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Noghe Bathhouse Museum, Badroud
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Zavareh Museum
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Soleymaniyeh Fountain
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Jameh Mosque of Nain
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Sheykh Abdussamad Tomb
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Jameh Mosque of Ardestan
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Fars Province (Capital: Shiraz)
Class D
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 300,000 Rial (30,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,500,000 Rial (150,000 Toman)
Kazerun Museum
Vakil Historic Bathroom
Kazerun Museum
Takht-e Jamshid
Neyriz Museum
Qal’eh Dokhtar
Neyriz Museum
Atashkadeh
Naqsh-e Rajab
Tang-e Chogan
Naqsh-e Rajab
Nasir al-Mulk mosque
Larestan Museum
Water Museun
Larestan Museum
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Pars Museum
Pasargad
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Haft Tanan Museum
Tomb of Hafez
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Tomb of Saadi
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Naqsh-e Rostam
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Arg of Karim Khan
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Bishapour Complex
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Yazd Province (Capital: Yazd)
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,500,000 Rial (150,000 Toman)
Museum of mirrors and lighting
Pahlavanpur Garden
Amir Chakhmaq Tekyeh
Narin Castle, Meybod
Stone Inscriptions of Yazd
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Zillu Museum of Maybod
Museum of Anthropology, Bafgh
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Ceramics Pottery Museum of Meybod
Anthropology Museum of Taft
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Ice House Building Maybod
Museum of Anthropology, Herat, Yazd
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Solat Historical House Museum, Abarkooh
Museum of Anthropology, Ashkezar
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Aghazadeh Historical House, Abarkooh
Museum of Anthropology, Marvast, Khatam
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Carpet Meusum of Ardakan
Ziaiyeh School
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Abgineh Museum of Yazd (Glassware Museum)
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Mafakher (Honors) Museum, Ardakan
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Jameh Mosque of Abarkuh
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Lariha House Museum
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Jameh Mosque of Yazd
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East Azerbaijan Province (Capital: Tabriz)
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 300,000 Rial (30,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 800,000 Rial (80,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Safavid Museum in Bonab City
Azerbaijan Museum
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Quran Inscription Museum
Qajar Museum
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Maragheh Observatory
Measurement Museum
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Literature Art Museum
Goy Mosque (Kabood Mosque)
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Nomads Museum of Sarab
The Iron Age Museum
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Constitution House of Tabriz
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Ilkhanate Museum of Maragha
West Azerbaijan Province (Capital: Urmia)
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 800,000 Rial (80,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
Tomb of Seyed Sadreddin, Chaldoran
Urmia Museum
Takht-e Soleyman
Jameh Mosque of Urmia
Stone and Inscription Museum
Monastery of Saint Thaddeus ( Kara Kilise)
Motaleb Khan Mosque (Masjed roo baz)
Sa’at Museum
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Yakhchal-e Noh Peleh Monument
Baqcheh Jooq Palace
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Hammam Sheykh, Salmas
Teppe Hasanlu
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Kūh-e Zendān-e Soleymān
Bastam Citadel
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Mahabad Museum
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Naghadeh Museum
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Khoy Museum
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Miandoab Museum
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Shams-e Tabrizi Minaret
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Museum of Anthropology, Urmia
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Surp Sarkis Church
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Ardebil
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 1,500,000 Rial (150,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble
Archaeological Museum of Ardabil
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Archaeological Museum of Nayer(Temporary Closed)
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Agha Naghi Bathhouse Museum
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Khalkhal Museum(Under Construction)
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Meshkin Shahr Museum
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Handicraft Museum
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Namin Museum(Temporary Closed)
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Karaj
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Soleimaniyeh Palace
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Shah Abbasi Caravansary
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Pearl Palace Museum (Morvarid Palace)
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Ilam
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Darreh Shahr Museum Site
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Falahahti Palace
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Vali Castle
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Vali Castle Museum (Ilam Museum of Anthropology)
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Boushehr
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 800,000 Rial (80,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,500,000 Rial (150,000 Toman)
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Dehdashti Edifice
Rais Ali Delvari Museum
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Bushehr Museum of Anthropology
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Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province (Capital: Shahrekord)
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Clothes Museum (Dezak Castle)
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Shahrekord Museum of Archeology
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Azadeh Sotudeh House in Chaleshtor Castle
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Stone Museum
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Razavi Khorasan Province (Capital: Mashhad)
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,500,000 Rial (150,000 Toman)
Khaf Museum
Mausoleum of Omar Khayyám
Tomb of Ferdowsi
Gharaei House Museum, Rashtkhar
Attar Neyshaburi Tomb
Great Museum of Khorasan (150)
Mazari Museum
Asraramgah Asrar (Tomb of Hadi Sabzevari)
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Water Museum of Gonabad
Shrine of Zeinoddin AbuBakr Taybadi
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Quchan Anthropology Museum
Harooniyeh
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Astronomy Museum (Nojoum Museum)
Tomb of Nader Shah
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Shahid Motahari Museum
Sheykh Ahmad Jami Tomb
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Fariman Museum
Bandian Dargaz Museum Site
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Kalat Nader
Archaeological Museum of Neyshabur
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Virani Robat
Museum of Anthropology, Gonabad
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Chenaran Museum
Museum of Anthropology, Torbat Heydariyeh
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Sarakhs Museum
Museum of Anthropology, Torbat-e- Jam
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Museum of Anthropology, Taybad
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Museum of Anthropology, Sabzevar
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Archeological Museum, Gonabad
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Bojnourd
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Sardar Mofakham House Museum
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Jalaleddin Castle, Garmeh
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Sardar Mofakham Mirror House Museum
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Museum of Faruj
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Museum of Archaeology, Belqeys
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Shiravan Museum
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Jajarm Museum
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Birjand
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Ghaen Water Museum
Sarayan Museum
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Honors Celebrities Museum of Birjand (Mafakhir va Mashahir Museum)
Rahim Abad Birjand Garden
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Nehbandan Museum
Museum of Archeology, Birjand
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Museum of Anthropology, Ghaen
Museum of Anthropology, Birjand
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Honors Celebrities Museum of Ghaen (Mafakhir va Mashahir Museum)
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Ferdos Museum
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Museum of Anthropology, Tabas
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Museum of Anthropology, Khezri
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Ahwaz
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Susa Museum
Chogha Zanbil
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Hafttappeh Museum
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
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Calligraphy Inscription Museum Abadan (Khat va Ketabat Museum)
Apadana Castle
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Museum of Archeology, Abadan
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Ramhormoz Museum
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Masjed Soleyman Museum
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Dezful Museum
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Zanjan
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Soltanieh Dome Museum(40,000T)
Dome of Soltaniyeh
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Zolfaqari House
Katale Khor
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Rakhtshooy Khaneh Edifice Museum
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Dashkasan Temple
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Sheikh Baragh Tomb, Chalabi Oghlou
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Pir Ahmad Zahr Noush Tomb
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Handicraft Museum
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Semnan Province (Capital: Semnan)
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 300,000 Rial (30,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
Hazrat Bathhouse Museum (Hamam-e Hazrat)
Cheshmeh Ali, Damghan
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Qasr-e Bahram
Tarikhaneh, Damghan
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Elm va Sanat Museum (Science Industry Museum)
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Museum of Archeology, Shahroud
Tomb of Abu al-Hassan Kharaqani
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Dehnamak Caravanserai
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Jameh Mosque of Forumad
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Bastam Museum
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Museum of Archeology, Damghan
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Aghvam Museum, Garmsar
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Sistan and Baluchestan Province (Capital: Zahedan)
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,00,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Iranshahr Castle (Naseri Castle)
Great Museum of Zahedan
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Quran Museum, Iranshahr
Shahr-e Sukhteh Site
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Museum of Anthropology, Zabol, Sistan
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Chabahar Museum
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Saravan Museum
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Kalporagan Clay Living Museum
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Post and Telecommunications Museum of Zahedan
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Qazvin
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
Stone Museum(temporary closed)
Cantor Church
Alamut Castle
Qazvin’s Museum(temporary closed)
Tomb of Hamdollah
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Mostofi(temporary closed)
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Ancient Jameh Mosque of Qazvin
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Jameh Mosque Water Reservoir
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Sardar Cistern Museum
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Chehelsotoon Museum
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Qom Province (Capital: Qom)
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Museum of Anthropology, Khane Zand
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Mollasadra historical house
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Gonbad Sabz Garden
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Qoli Darvish Historical Site
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Yazdan Panah Historical House
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Qarah Tappeh, Qomrud
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Maraje Museum
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Tepe Sarm
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Sanandaj
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
Hamam Khan Museum
Asef Vaziri Monument (Kurd House)
Karaftoo cave
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Khosro Abad Palace
Kerman
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Jabaliyeh Dome
Arg-e Bam
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Ganjali Khan Mosque
Meymand Village
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Rayen Citadel
Shahzadeh Mahan Historical Garden
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Museum of Archeology, Kerman
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Ganjalikhan Bath
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Mousa Khani Mansion Jiroft Museum
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Musum of Traditional Musical Instruments
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Coin Museum
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Matbou’at Museum (Printed Matter Museum)
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Women Ganjali Khan Bathroom
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Kermanshah Province (Capital: Kermanshah)
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Tekiye Moaven Almolk
Bisotun
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Zagros Paleolithic Museum, Biglarbeygi
Taq-e Bostan
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The Stone Museum
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Anahita Temple
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Caligraphy Inscription Museum, Biglarbeygi
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Museum of Anthropology, Paveh
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Sonqor Museum, Sonqor Town
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Dalahou Museum
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Kangavar Museum
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Sahneh Museum
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Yasouj
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Yasuj Museum
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Gorgan
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Gorgan Museum of Archeology
Gonbad Kavus
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Gorgan Handicraft Museum
Gorgan Palace Museum
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Gomishan Museum
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Natural History Museum of Gorgan
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Carpet Museum of Gonbad
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Azadshahr Museum
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Minoodasht Museum
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Gilan Province (Capital: Rasht)
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Rasht Museum
Gilan Rural Heritage Eco-Museum
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Iran’s National Tea Museum, Lahijan
Rudkhan Castle
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White mosque, Rezvanshahr
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Darzi Museum
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Lorestan Province (Capital: Khorramabad)
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,500,000 Rial (150,000 Toman)
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Nurabad Museum, Delfan
Falak-ol-Aflak Castle
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Aligudarz Museum
Falakolaflak Museum of Archeology
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Kuhdasht Museum
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Akhond Abu, Handicraft Museum
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Eftekhar Al-Islam Historical House
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Mazandaran(Sari)
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
Sari History Museum
Kolbadi House (Handicraft Museum)
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Amol History Museum
Nima Yushij’s House
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Babol History Museum Museum of Anthropology, Do Hezar
Farahabad Mosque
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Babol History Museum
Abbas Abad Historical and Tourism Complex
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Museum of Anthropology, Do Hezar
Vaziri bath
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Gohar Tepe Museum Site
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Markazi Province (Capital: Arak)
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,000,000 Rial (100,000 Toman)
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Four Seasons Bathhouse
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Historic Jameh Mosque of Saveh
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Archeological Museum of Jameh Mosque
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Hasanpour House (Handicraft Museum)
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Salar Mohtasham Museum, Khomein
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Honors Celebrities Museum (Mafakher va Mashahir Museum)
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Farmahin Tekyeh Museum
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Ashtian Museum
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Ab Arak Museum
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Mirshokraei House Museum
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Museum of Anthropology, Mahalat
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BandarAbbas
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 800,000 Rial (80,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 1,500,000 Rial (150,000 Toman)
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Khan Bath, Bastak
Hormoz Portuguese Castle
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Harireh Ancient City
Indians Temple
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Fekri House, Bandar Lengeh
Persian Gulf Anthropological Museum
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Galeh-Dari Bath, Qaleh Shahi
Hamedan
Class C
Class B
Class A (World Heritage Sites)
Entrance Fee = 1,500,000 Rial (150,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 500,000 Rial (50,000 Toman)
Entrance Fee = 200,000 Rial (20,000 Toman)
Nazari Garden Museum
Tuyserkan Museum
Mausoleum of Avicenna
Asadabad History Museum
Mausoleum of Mir Razi ad-Din Artimani , Tuyserkan
Museum Hegmataneh Site
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Alaviyan Dome
Mausoleum of Baba Taher
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History Museum of Nahavand
Ali Sadr cave
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Nushijan Hill
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Haj Agha Torab Hamam (Bathhouse Museum)
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Lotfalian Museum, Malayer
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Ganjnameh Ancient Inscriptions
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Stephen Gregory Church
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Qorban Historical Tower
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Hamam-e Qal’eh Museum of Anthropology (Bathhouse)
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Iran
Here’s the list of Iran’s world heritages on Unesco’s Website:
