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Paradise lost: Iran’s heritage sites should have been protected
The destruction of such invaluable relics of history concerns the world.
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Visitors walking through the damaged interiors of the historic Golestan Palace in Tehran, on April 4.
PHOTO: AFP
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The word ‘paradise’ originated from an old Persian term for an enclosed garden – “Pairi Daeza”.
