In Iran, these sites include Golestan Palace, Chehal Sotoun Palace in Isfahan, Masjid-e-Jaame Mosque (also in Isfahan) and adjacent buildings Prehistoric sites of Khorramabad Valley.
UNESCO alert
These treasures are owned by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (United NationsUNESCO) World Heritage ListIsrael’s White City Tel-Aviv and Lebanon’s Tyre, which also suffered damage in the first three weeks of the war.
UN agency communicates “And will continue to inform all parties concerned about the geographical coordinates of the sites included in the World Heritage List… so that all possible precautions can be taken to avoid damage.“Officials told united nations news.
It is a matter of concern that UNESCO has cautioned many people Other sites are also at riskParticularly in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Education, science and media under fire
The deteriorating security situation is also impacting schools, universities and journalists, with increased disruption and threat now threatening education personnel, students and infrastructure.
“UNESCO is Very concerned about the impact of the current security degradation at education, science and research institutions across the region,” the agency reported united nations news, Thrown light on Major disruption in learning, research and access to information. “It poses immediate risks to children, youth, teachers, researchers and education professionals. It also undermines the institutions on which societies depend for recovery, dialogue, peace and stability.”
‘The crisis of deep learning’
If the violence continues, UNESCO has warned of a “deep learning crisis” across the Middle East, including “greater exclusion of the most vulnerable children, loss of teachers and researchers, weakening of public trust in institutions and permanent damage to the region’s scientific capacities”.
The agency stressed that schools, universities, laboratories and research institutes are not just service providers, but “part of the social fabric of the region and the future human capital…Protecting them is therefore not only a humanitarian need, but also fundamental to long-term recovery, resilience and peace.
