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President’s advisor: Iran does not oppose including Azerbaijani tar on UNESCO list

Society Materials 21 December 2012 14:44 (UTC +04:00)
Iran and Azerbaijan have a common culture and history, so the recognition of the same musical instruments as a cultural heritage of Azerbaijan and Iran is natural, Iran's presidential adviser and chairman of the Islamic Culture and Relations Mohammad Bagher Hurramshad told media today.
President’s advisor: Iran does not oppose including Azerbaijani tar on UNESCO list

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 21 / Trend T. Jafarov /

Iran and Azerbaijan have a common culture and history, so the recognition of the same musical instruments as a cultural heritage of Azerbaijan and Iran is natural, Iran's presidential adviser and chairman of the Islamic Culture and Relations Mohammad Bagher Hurramshad told media today.

"The Iranian government did not oppose including Azerbaijani tar (lute) on the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage," he said.

He said that the issue was exaggerated by musicians and this should not be taken as the official position of the country.

In 2009, several musical instruments (tar, santoor, ney) were included in the UNESCO list as material and cultural heritage of Iran, he said.

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