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Eshgaft-e Salman at Risk
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03 September 2006 |
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LONDON, (CAIS) -- High Administrative Islamic Court has issued an injunction against the nation, and in favor of the private owner of a hotel built near Eshgaft-e Salman historical site in Khuzestan province, putting at risk the registration of the structure on the global cultural heritage list.
Eshgaft-e Salman is the venue of the largest cuneiform
inscription which dates back to the Elamite era.
According to Persian service of CHN, the institute’s
action follows a delay in submitting the case by the
provincial Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism
Department.
Head of the department, Sadegh Mohammadi claimed the owner
has made changes in the documents he has presented to the
court. He called for reviewing the case once again.
Experts maintain that the existence of the hotel is a
barrier to the registration of the monument on the global
cultural heritage list.
Mohammadi said, “The court injunction has been issued
based on a manipulated expertise survey and we can prove
this violation to turn the decree in favor of the
department.“
The department was very hopeful about receiving the
court’s approval to suspend the construction of the
hotel, he said.
Municipality inaugurated the structure as an amphitheater
but it later became clear that it is a ten-story hotel.
Eshgaft-e Salman is home to four bas relief, two inside
the cave and two outside.
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