Iranian Architecture Documentary

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Iranian Architecture Documentary
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Genre	Documentary film
Showrunner	Ismail Mirfakharai (fa)
Written by	Hamid Soheili (fa)
Directed by	Hamid Soheili
Composer	Vanko Naidanov
Country of origin	Iran
Original language	Persian
No. of episodes	33
Original release
Network	IRIB TV1
Release	1983 (1983) – 1992 (1992)
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The Iranian Architecture documentary (Persian: مستند معماری ایرانی) was produced and directed by Hamid Soheili Mozaffar (fa) between 1983 and 1992, following numerous journeys across different regions of Iran. It was created under the Culture, Literature, and Art department of Channel One of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).^[1]

After the initial broadcast of the documentary series, it received widespread acclaim, leading to a re-airing of its early episodes. A televised panel discussion was also held with experts in the field to analyze the impact of the documentary on audiences and explore the characteristics of Iranian architecture.

This documentary is preserved in the central archives of IRIB and was inscribed on Iran’s National Memory of the World Register (fa) in 2018 for nomination to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme. This UNESCO initiative, established in 1992, aims to raise awareness about the risks facing the world's documentary heritage.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}