An archaeologist examines the cultural obliteration Iran has incurred as a result of strikes in the US-Israel-Iran conflict. How can such damage be compensated and which global organisations can the country turn to?
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The war in Iran has cut off diplomatic efforts to limit the country’s development of nuclear weapons. Securing that material and equipment in other ways would be difficult and dangerous.
Trump recently warned Iran that the US could target its cultural sites. Many of Iran’s cultural sites carry deep religious meaning for a global Shii community and such a threat risks alienating them.
The Persian Empire – on the site of what is now Iran – set the standard for superpowers of the ancient world and left a cornucopia of treasures and architectural masterpieces.
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Professor in the History of Art Islamic Art and Architecture, Yale University
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Lecturer in Ancient History, Cardiff University
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Professor of the Practice of Energy, National Security and Foreign Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Archaeologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Programme J&S)., Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Université Paris Nanterre