{"id":1557,"date":"2006-05-27T02:46:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-27T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/uncategorised\/regime\/1557-iran-destruction-of-persian-ancient-heritage"},"modified":"2023-01-12T14:48:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T13:48:31","slug":"iran-destruction-of-persian-ancient-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/regime\/iran-destruction-of-persian-ancient-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Destruction of Persian ancient heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pasargad\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-29032\" height=\"138\" alt=\"Iran: Destruction of Persian ancient heritage \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2006\/05\/pasargad.jpg\" width=\"150\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>NCRI &#8211; Newly built Sivand Dam is going to go into operation next autumn in central Iran near the tomb of Cyrus, ancient Persian King. <\/p>\n<p>By filling the dam with water part of Persian ancient heritage in Pasargad will be destroyed for ever and the tomb of Cyrus will also suffer. <\/p>\n<p>The news was announced by the mullahs&#8217; minister for electricity on Friday which was in agreement with the clerical regime&#8217;s organization for cultural heritage. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; Newly built Sivand Dam is going to go into operation next autumn in central Iran near the tomb of Cyrus, ancient Persian King. 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