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Introduction

his chapter presents statistical information of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance T is in charge of the task. Data production and on radio and television programmes, press, books and public libraries, cinemas, museums, presentation on libraries of the country started in monuments, tourists and pilgrims. Following 1344, and the Centre for Intellectual paragraphs summarize the history of data Development of Children and Young Adults collection in these areas. began to register and present figures related to Regular data compilation on radio and television the Centre's activities upon its establishment in programmes and museums began in 1345 and the same year. 1347 respectively. The establishment of the National Iranian Tourist The earliest data on movies available in the SCI Organization in 1342 was the starting point of date back to 1348. They were produced by the data production on tourism. However, the Culture and Art Ministry, renamed the Ministry Organization took advantage of existing records of Culture and Islamic Guidance after the victory in the archives of such government organizations of the Islamic Revolution. as offices of Customs Administration and Comprehensive data collection on the press was Passport to collect information for the years first accomplished by the SCI under the title of 1331 to 1342, included in the 1345 statistical "Review of the country’s publications survey" in yearbook for the first time. 1349. At present, the Domestic Press Department Regarding the presented data, the following 727

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points should be taken into consideration: International production and broadcast of Although statistical information on cultural programme: refers to the programme produced issues is very diversified, the data presented here and broadcast for overseas people. is limited to certain aspects because of Radio and television network: is an organiza- unavailability or lack of data on other areas. tional structure responsible for activities such a Data on the number of visitors to museums and production, provision, edition and/or broadcast historical monuments, however, were collected of radio and television programmes based on till the end of 1382 by the General Department defined and specified goals and missions. of Museums affiliated to the Cultural Heritage News: is information about events in a country Organization covering some of the museums and or world or in a particular area and time that is historical monuments. Since that time, due to published in newspapers and broadcast on radio merging of Cultural Heritage Organization and and television. News can be political, social, Iran Touring and Tourism Organization into a cultural, scientific, artistic matters, sports, etc. newly–established organization called ''Cultural News broadcasting (radio/television): refers to Heritage and Tourism Organization", the related news broadcast on radio and television after data have been provided by the new preparation, selection, formulation and edition. organization. Cinema: refers to art, technique and industry of Data on pilgrims include only those dispatched making and showing films. by Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization. Long (Feature) film: refers to a film produced as animation. Definitions and concepts Film production: comprises a series of activities Production of radio and television programmes: is from screenwriting to preparation of a final copy a process in which the contextual (massage) and of finished film through selection of essential structural components are incorporated players (producer, screenwriter, director, actor, artistically and technically using required cameraman, etc.), passing film technical stages resources in order to be broadcast on TV, radio (cinematography, editing, sound, processing and and the Internet printing). Radio and television broadcasting: refers to a The press: refers to the publications of a fixed produced and broadcast programme which can title, date, issue number and a number of printed be received by people on radio, TV and the or electronic pages regularly published on Internet. various political, social, scientific, artistic issues, National production and broadcast of sports, etc. The press is daily or non-daily (based programme: refers to the programme produced on order of publication); general and specialized and broadcast for people in the country. (based on content), local, national and

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IRAN STATISTICAL YEARBOOK 1388 17. CULTURE AND TOURISM international (based on the distribution scope), copy of a book. public and specific (based on readers such as New edition: printing a book after undergoing children, teenagers, young adults and women). revision with possibly new price and form using Concessionaire of a publication: a legal or the previous typesetting. natural person who is responsible for policy- Writing: to write a book in different areas by one making and running all publication’s affairs or more persons. except for the content of the publication. Historical monuments: all architectural heritage Publication: any kind of written materials including buildings with historical, artistic or printed or visual that is disseminated at limited scientific value. or wide levels in different forms. It is published Museum: a permanent, non-profit institute, on a periodical and non-periodical basis. The where interesting and valuable items from nature former is published continuously with a single or achievements of men are collected, kept, title and its issue order is clear in advance . The studied, trained and displayed. It is open to the latter lacks these characteristics public. Library: is a local place where collections of Tourist: according to the World Tourism hand-written or printed books and the like, Organization, tourist is a person who travels to a including printed and audio-visual materials, country or city other than his regular living place are regularly gathered and kept for people to for a period of 24 hours to 1 year for the purpose read and conduct research. of entertainment, rest, sports, visiting friends and Book: a printed and non-periodical covered relatives, mission, attending seminars, publication with at least 48 pages and a cover. conferences or meetings, medical treatment, Manuscript book: is a handwritten book or study and research or religious activities. document of the time printing was not invented. Non-tourist: a person who leaves his permanent Children's Cultural and Artistic Centre: a place homeland to seek job, permanent residence, for children to do cultural and artistic activities. asylum, education, or for political missions Members of the cultural and artistic centres of abroad. the Centre for Intellectual Development of Selected information Children and Young Adults: children and young In 1388, programmes produced by national and adults aged 6 to 18, benefiting from the Centre’s international channels of the I.R.I.B were about cultural and artistic services are considered 225000 hours which increased by 6.6 percent members of these centres. compared to the previous year. Also in the same Circulation: the number of copies of a publication year, programmes produced in the national and published or reproduced in one time. international radio of the I.R.I.B were about First edition: first publication of a complete

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80000 hours which increased by 3.9 percent in published which increased by 9 and decreased by comparison to the preceding year. 5.9 percent respectively. In 1388, the number of attendances in 236 In 1388, attendances at museums and historical operating cinemas was more than 18 mln persons monuments managed by Cultural Heritage and that increased by 3 mln persons as compared to Tourism Organization were about 16 mln the previous year. persons that increased by 23 percent as In 1388, the numbers of titles of the press compared to the previous year. Furthermore, in and periodicals published in Tehran and other 1388, the number of foreign tourists arrived in cities of the country were 2164 and 1645 which the country was over 2.5 mln persons that had a rise of 4.7 and 9.7 percent respectively in increased by 25 percent in comparison to the comparison to the preceding year. From the total, preceding year. 178 titles were daily and 650 titles were In 1388, the number of pilgrims to Mecca for the published on a weekly basis. major pilgrimage was reported about 57000 In 1388, the number of public libraries affiliated persons that decreased by 43.6 percent in to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance comparison to the preceding year. Also in the was 2073 which increased by 10.6 percent in same year, the number of pilgrims to Mecca for comparison to the preceding year. the minor pilgrimage was about 761000 persons Also in the same period, more than 60,000 titles that increased by 22 percent in comparison to the of books with a circulation of about 206 mln preceding year. versions, authorized by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance were printed and

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17. 1. RADIO PROGRAMMES PRODUCED BY NATIONAL CHANNELS AND CENTRES OF OSTANS BY TOPIC (hour) Nationwide coverage Year and topic Total (1) Radio Radio Radio Radio Radio Radio Radio Radio Radio Radio Radio (2) varzesh Salamat Ava Iran Farhang Javan Quran Maaref (sports) (health) Payam Tejarat Goftegu 1370 ...... 39008 5904 493 × 1249 × × × × × × × 1375 ...... 95259 7433 5025 349 1398 × × × 8660 × × × 1380 ...... 164954 7600 8021 8252 5719 4370 6007 × 8760 × × × 1384 ...... 177672 7024 7653 7615 5517 4839 6707 3651 8760 × × × 1385 ...... 176024 6819 7441 7297 4822 5337 6578 3969 8760 × 1718 × 1386 ...... 173841 6926 7436 7274 4106 4962 6583 3592 8760 454 2063 × 1387 ...... 182421 6561 7421 7183 3533 5094 6665 3916 8784 2456 2098 2099 1388 ...... 192331 6162 7069 7124 4164 5639 7270 4075 8760 3247 2071 2555 Holy defence 0 values ...... 5256 60 25 73 44 184 68 7 120 6 61 Social ...... 49922 713 2328 1632 445 693 652 84 1852 360 330 0 General 128 knowledge ...... 17571 347 666 917 387 243 1601 441 303 9 26 Economics ...... 10999 274 191 115 60 196 269 94 154 2577 141 0 History ...... 6686 169 444 352 182 195 252 239 1230 37 67 0 Politics ...... 7319 427 162 142 42 272 231 13 336 16 313 0 Science and 0 technology ...... 11616 257 250 626 1437 190 1232 2772 648 0 176 Cultural ...... 30119 1830 2239 882 510 1110 588 375 1926 151 581 2427 Islamic 0 education ...... 36471 1417 724 1241 1057 2533 563 24 1643 80 275 Sports and 0 recreation ...... 16372 668 40 1144 0 23 1814 26 548 11 101

Ostani coverage Year and topic Radio Tehran Radio Alborz(1) Centers of Ostans 1370 ...... × × 31362 1375 ...... 7356 × 65039 1380 ...... 8126 4657 103443 1384 ...... 7865 7541 110499 1385 ...... 7438 7159 108686 1386 ...... 7466 7438 106781 1387 ...... 7591 7513 113606 1388 ...... 8180 7542 118473 Holy defence values ...... 16 39 4553 Social ...... 3370 2130 35333 General knowledge ...... 1234 105 11164 Economics ...... 128 75 6725 History ...... 236 179 3104 Politics ...... 80 185 5100 Science and technology ...... 383 84 3561 Cultural ...... 157 1826 15517 Islamic education ...... 920 1982 24012 Sports and recreation ...... 1656 937 9404 1. As of 1386 "Channel one" was renamed "Radio Iran" and Radio Karaj " was renamed "Radio Alborz". 2. Radio Ava was included as of 1387. Source: I.R.I.B.

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17. 1. RADIO PROGRAMMES PRODUCED BY NATIONAL CHANNELS, 1388

Other 10.0%

Economics 5.7% Social 26.0%

Science and technology 6.0%

Sports and recreation 8.5%

General knowledge Islamic education 9.1% 19.0%

Cultural 15.7%

For data see Table 17. 1.

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17. 2. INTERNATIONAL RADIO PROGRAMMES PRODUCED BY TOPIC (hour) Sedaye Ma'aref in Centres of Year and topic Total Tehran Ashena English Ostans

1370 ...... 8001 4760 × × 3241

1375 ...... 15117 10737 × × 4380

1380 ...... 24957 16867 × × 8090

1384 ...... 26943 10158 6930 × 9855

1385 ...... 27190 9822 7570 × 9798

1386 ...... 26944 9523 7317 × 10105

1387 ...... 28530 9151 8689 804 9886

1388 ...... 32664 9820 12176 1041 9627

Holy defence values ...... 523 12 432 20 59

Social ...... 4676 996 1997 121 1562

General knowledge ...... 4475 1954 1734 32 755

Economics ...... 881 41 663 16 161

History ...... 1933 317 1128 46 442

Politics ...... 7414 3404 590 43 3377

Science and technology ...... 954 198 600 14 142

Cultural ...... 4474 829 2514 207 924

Islamic education ...... 5388 2046 830 529 1983

Sports and recreation ...... 1946 23 1688 13 222 Source: I.R.I.B.

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17. 3. BROADCASTING OF RADIO PROGRAMMES FROM NATIONAL CHANNELS AND CENTRES OF OSTAN (hour) Other Description Total News programmes(1) Total 1370 ...... 65299 3890 61409 1375 ...... 114778 6141 108637 1380 ...... 193343 12622 180721 1384 ...... 215623 10676 204946 1385 ...... 221239 10880 210359 1386 ...... 223784 12350 211434 1387 ...... 236314 13367 222947 1388 ...... 244055 13032 231023 Radio Iran(2) 1370 ...... 8784 908 7876 1375 ...... 8784 962 7822 1380 ...... 8760 1160 7600 1384 ...... 8760 1190 7570 1385 ...... 8760 1176 7584 1386 ...... 8760 1132 7628 1387 ...... 8784 1089 7695 1388 ...... 8760 1109 7651 Farhang channel 1370 ...... 1122 0 1122 1375 ...... 5025 0 5025 1380 ...... 8760 740 8021 1384 ...... 8760 541 8219 1385 ...... 8760 521 8239 1386 ...... 8760 502 8258 1387 ...... 8784 570 8214 1388 ...... 8760 471 8289 Javan channel 1375 ...... 360 12 349 1380 ...... 8760 508 8252 1384 ...... 8760 470 8290 1385 ...... 8760 449 8311 1386 ...... 8760 440 8320 1387 ...... 8784 441 8343 1388 ...... 8760 524 8236 Quran channel 1370 ...... 2497 0 2497 1375 ...... 2496 0 2496 1380 ...... 8760 2614 6146 1384 ...... 8760 426 8334 1385 ...... 8760 526 8334 1386 ...... 8760 606 8154 1387 ...... 8784 617 8167 1388 ...... 8760 585 8175 Ma'aref channel 1380 ...... 6892 548 6344 1384 ...... 8760 604 8156 1385 ...... 8760 602 8158 1386 ...... 8760 1296 7464 1387 ...... 8784 1176 7608 1388 ...... 8760 521 8239

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17. 3. BROADCASTING OF RADIO PROGRAMMES FROM NATIONAL CHANNELS AND CENTRES OF OSTANS (continued) (hour)

Description Total News Other programmes(1)

Varzesh (sports) channel 1380 ...... 6086 61 6025 1384 ...... 7335 61 7274 1385 ...... 7359 63 7296 1386 ...... 7451 61 7390 1387 ...... 7387 61 7326 1388 ...... 7331 61 7270 Salamat (health) channel 1384 ...... 3960 0 3960 1385 ...... 4380 15 4365 1386 ...... 4381 59 4322 1387 ...... 4392 95 4297 1388 ...... 4380 73 4307 Payam channel 1375 ...... 8660 1533 7127 1380 ...... 8760 1523 7237 1384 ...... 8760 1350 7410 1385 ...... 8760 1454 7306 1386 ...... 8760 1508 7252 1387 ...... 8784 1496 7288 1388 ...... 8760 1390 7370 Tejarat channel 1384 ...... ×× × 1385 ...... ×× × 1386 ...... 851 0 851 1387 ...... 3226 212 3014 1388 ...... 4015 236 3779 Goftegu channel 1384 ...... ×× × 1385 ...... 1800 × 1800 1386 ...... 2190 × 2190 1387 ...... 2196 × 2196 1388 ...... 2190 0 2190

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17. 3. BROADCASTING OF RADIO PROGRAMMES FROM NATIONAL CHANNELS AND CENTRES OF OSTANS (continued) (hour)

Description Total News Other programmes(1)

Ava channel 1387 ...... 2562 × 2562 1388 ...... 2555 0 2555 Nava channel 1387 ...... 2196 × 2196 1388 ...... 2190 0 2190 Tehran channel 1375 ...... 8146 207 7939 1380 ...... 8760 634 8126 1384 ...... 8760 540 8220 1385 ...... 8760 505 8255 1386 ...... 8760 504 8256 1387 ...... 8784 469 8315 1388 ...... 8760 506 8254 Albourz radio(2) 1380 ...... 5830 5256 5256 1384 ...... 8760 759 8001 1385 ...... 8760 713 8047 1386 ...... 8760 709 8052 1387 ...... 8784 711 8073 1388 ...... 8760 712 8048 Centres of Ostans ( Persian and local) 1370 ...... 52653 2982 49671 1375 ...... 81307 3427 77880 1380 ...... 121975 4261 117714 1384 ...... 134248 4736 129513 1385 ...... 137620 4956 132664 1386 ...... 138832 5534 133299 1387 ...... 144083 6430 137653 1388 ...... 151314 6844 144470 1. Including programme and interlude. 2. Since 1386 “Channel one “was renamed "Radio Iran " and "Radio Karaj" was renamed "Radio Alborz. Source: I.R.I.B.

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17. 4. BROADCASTING OF INTERNATIONAL RADIO PROGRAMMES FROM TEHRAN BY LANGUAGE (hour)

Year and language Total News Programme Interlude

1370 ...... 14568 2862 (1)11706 000 1375 ...... 24249 4105 (1)20143 000 1380 ...... 33672 9598 (1)24074 000 1384 ...... 33428 9340 19154 4933 1385 ...... 42157 9840 26507 5810 1386 ...... 42608 9900 26779 5929 1387 ...... 58104 10067 42547 5490 1388 ...... 69168 10411 57267 1490 Azari ...... 365 132 233 0 Albanian ...... 1095 394 701 0 German ...... 730 382 348 0 Urdu ...... 912 178 734 0 Armenian ...... 548 181 367 0 Spanish ...... 1825 640 1185 0 English ...... 2190 754 1436 0 English (chanal Ma'aref) ...... 8760 0 8616 144 Italian ...... 1278 416 862 0 Bengali ...... 730 279 451 0 Bosnian ...... 1095 295 800 0 Pashto ...... 1460 423 1037 0 Istanbuli Turkish ...... 1460 346 1114 0 Chinese ...... 730 229 501 0 Russian ...... 1825 540 1285 0 Japanese ...... 913 161 752 0 Swahili ...... 1460 493 873 94 Hebrew ...... 547 303 244 0 Arabic ...... 9125 1565 7364 196 Persian(2) ...... 26280 1040 24238 1002 French ...... 1095 326 769 0 Cossack ...... 730 297 433 0 Kurdish(3) ...... 1460 426 1034 0 Malay ...... 730 263 467 0 Indian ...... 730 169 561 0 Hausa ...... 1095 179 862 54 1. Including programme and interlude. 2. Sedaye Ashena (Familiar Voice) channel broadcasts programs in Persian for Iranian nationals living abroad. 3. Including Bashoor Kurdish and Bakoor Kurdish. Source: I.R.I.B.

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17. 5. BROADCASTING OF INTERNATIONAL RADIO PROGRAMMES FROM RADIO CENTRES(1) BY LANGUAGE (hour)

Year and radio centre Language Duration of broadcasting

1370 ...... ×× 4690

1375 ...... ×× 6597

1380 ...... ×× 9753

1384 ...... ×× 10563

1385 ...... ×× 10538

1386 ...... ×× 10962

1387 ...... ×× 6873

1388 ...... ×× 5034

East Azarbayejan ...... CaucasianTurki-Azari 1336

West Azarbayejan ...... Assyrian 321

Khorasan-e-Razavi ...... Uzbek -

Khorasan-e-Razavi ...... Tajik -

Khorasan-e-Razavi ...... Dari -

Sistan and Baluchestan ...... Urdu 712

Sistan and Baluchestan ...... Pashto 365

Golestan ...... Turkemen 1570

Gilan ...... Taleshi 365

Gilan ...... Georgian 365 1. Excluding broadcast from Tehran radio transmission centres. Source: I.R.I.B.

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17. 6. T.V. PROGRAMMES PRODUCED BY NATIONAL CHANNELS AND CENTRES OF OSTANS BY TOPIC (hour) Nationwide coverage Ostani coverage Amouzesh Year and topic Total Channel Channel Channel Channel Quran News Tehran Centres (training) 1 2 3 4 channel channel channel of Ostans channel 1370 ...... 5579 1229 919 × × × × × × 3431 1375 ...... 19702 3445 2880 2841 1215 × × × 1733 7589 1380 ...... 36985 4458 2235 4330 1405 1252 1964 × 2325 19015 1384(1) ...... 51937 3360 2883 5137 1494 2483 2260 970 3097 30085 1385(1) ...... 57595 3806 2872 6457 1713 3815 2513 1085 3680 31372 1386(1) ...... 62056 4244 3772 7033 2058 4102 2515 1901 3791 32191 1387(1) ...... 63472 4321 3360 6275 2230 4828 2328 1953 4187 33575 1388(1) ...... 67078 3624 3381 6253 2546 4784 2289 2474 5306 35678 Holy defence 2696 199 120 127 295 0 46 0 37 1745 values ...... Social ...... 18019 652 1902 1073 198 0 414 279 2563 10774 General 6530 218 81 991 139 0 1085 980 250 2755 knowledge ...... Economics ...... 2818 399 2 19 126 0 52 0 106 2114 History ...... 1072 8 53 19 93 0 0 49 0 772 Politics ...... 3704 399 126 418 220 0 483 14 90 1948 Science and 2578 191 1 311 263 0 130 353 212 1104 technology ...... Cultural ...... 8711 507 391 840 995 0 0 658 939 4316 Islamic education 14698 797 367 762 204 4784 31 105 870 6529 Sports and 6252 254 338 1693 13 0 48 36 239 3621 recreation ...... 1. Difference between the total and sum of parts is due to the inclusion in the total of data for Sima Film, General Department of Animation and special and documentary products of I.R.I.B. Source: I.R.I.B.

17. 2. T.V. PROGRAMMES PRODUCED BY NATIONAL CHANNELS, 1388

Other 19.2% Social 26.9%

General knowledge

9.7%

Sports and recreation 9.3% Islamic education 21.9% Cultural 13.0%

For data see Table 17. 6.

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17.7. T.V. PROGRAMMES PRODUCED BY INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS BY TOPIC (hour) Sahar Jaam-e-Jam Al-Alam Al-Kusar Press T.V. Year and topic Total channel channel channel channel channel

1370 ...... 302 302 × × × ×

1375 ...... 754 754 × × × ×

1380 ...... 7410 3339 4071 × × ×

1384 ...... 8732 1662 4257 1230 1583 ×

1385 ...... 9084 1830 4204 1055 1995 ×

1386 ...... 12177 2157 4819 1870 2122 1209

1387 ...... 13475 2032 5500 1854 2263 1826

1388 ...... 12768 2480 4612 1857 2380 1439

Holy defence values ...... 30 8 16 0 6 0

Social ...... 2568 333 1206 69 881 79

General knowledge ...... 1209 37 347 363 26 436

Economics ...... 169132780 049

History ...... 29 23 3 0 1 2

Politics ...... 4077 1169 329 1245 525 809

Science and technology ...... 63 7 56 0 0 0

Cultural ...... 1668 287 1218 55 76 32

Islamic education ...... 1939 597 485 45 780 32

Sports and recreation ...... 1016 6 925 0 85 0 Source: I.R.I.B.

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17. 8. BROADCASTING OF T.V. PROGRAMMES FROM NATIONAL CHANNELS AND CENTRES OF OSTAN (hour) (1) Description Total News Other programmes Total 1370 ...... 13587 1995 11592 1375 ...... 34625 2870 31755 1380 ...... 85267 9618 75649 1384 ...... 131596 13950 117646 1385 ...... 142500 13872 128628 1386 ...... 145003 13701 131301 1387 ...... 147923 14422 133501 1388 ...... 153828 14630 139198 Channel 1 1370 ...... 3043 458 2585 1375 ...... 6824 571 6252 1380 ...... 8760 878 7882 1384 ...... 8760 908 7852 1385 ...... 8760 861 7899 1386 ...... 8760 848 7913 1387 ...... 8784 831 7953 1388 ...... 8760 803 7957 Channel 2 1370 ...... 2514 306 2208 1375 ...... 6652 199 6353 1380 ...... 6974 442 6532 1384 ...... 7610 615 6995 1385 ...... 7523 544 6979 1386 ...... 7594 524 7070 1387 ...... 7535 471 7064 1388 ...... 7576 522 7054 Channel 3 1370 ...... ×× × 1375 ...... 4195 148 4047 1380 ...... 8760 227 8533 1384 ...... 8760 283 8477 1385 ...... 8760 277 8483 1386 ...... 8760 274 8486 1387 ...... 8784 265 8519 1388 ...... 8760 265 8495 Channel 4 1370 ...... ×× × 1375 ...... 1897 7 1890 1380 ...... 4246 365 3881 1384 ...... 4309 355 3954 1385 ...... 4457 331 4126 1386 ...... 4630 223 4407 1387 ...... 5143 248 4895 1388 ...... 5128 303 4825

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17. 8. BROADCASTING OF T.V. PROGRAMMES FROM NATIONAL CHANNELS AND CENTRES OF OSTANS (continued) (hour) Other Description Total News programmes(1) Quran channel 1380 ...... 2190 0 2190 1384 ...... 5848 82 5766 1385 ...... 8760 200 8560 1386 ...... 8760 200 8560 1387 ...... 8784 96 8688 1388 ...... 8760 95 8665 News channel 1370 ...... ×× × 1375 ...... ×× × 1380 ...... 7485 3153 4332 1384 ...... 7487 3485 4002 1385 ...... 8487 3595 3892 1386 ...... 7522 3572 3951 1387 ...... 7520 4155 3365 1388 ...... 7573 3971 3602 Amouzesh (training) channel 1384 ...... 4930 0 4930 1385 ...... 4925 0 4925 1386 ...... 4926 0 4926 1387 ...... 4941 0 4941 1388 ...... 5535 0 5535 Tehran channel 1370 ...... ×× × 1375 ...... 2813 131 2682 1380 ...... 5942 307 5635 1384 ...... 6661 316 6345 1385 ...... 7506 314 7192 1386 ...... 7472 322 7150 1387 ...... 7479 311 7168 1388 ...... 7487 303 7184 Centres of Ostans 1370 ...... 8030 1231 6799 1375 ...... 12343 1814 10529 1380 ...... 40910 4245 36665 1384 ...... 77232 7905 69327 1385 ...... 84322 7750 76572 1386 ...... 86578 7851 78727 1387 ...... 88953 8045 80908 1388 ...... 94249 8368 85881 1. Including programme and interlude. Source: I.R.I.B.

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17. 9. BROADCASTING OF INTERNATIONAL T.V. PROGRAMMES FROM TEHRAN BY LANGUAGE (hour)

Year and language Total News Programme Interlude

1370 ...... 950 203 (1)747 000 1375 ...... 1832 275 (1)1557 000 1380 ...... 26227 3399 (1)22827 000 1384 ...... 47005 7444 37602 1959 1385 ...... 48859 7890 38764 2205 1386 ...... 61383 10294 40922 10167 1387 ...... 58050 9866 46273 1911 1388 ...... 59556 10700 45688 3168 Azari ...... 2091 263 1764 64 Urdu ...... 665 125 505 35 English (Sahar channel) ...... 1697 147 1488 62 English (Press T.V. channel) ...... 8760 3769 4008 983 Bosnian ...... 824 218 575 31 Arabic (Al-Kowsar channel) ...... 7292 516 6452 324 Arabic (Al-Alam channel)...... 8760 3460 4866 434 Persian (Jaam-e-Jam channel) ...... 26280 1809 23311 1160 French ...... 1332 150 1160 22 Kurdish (Surani) ...... 1855 243 1559 53 1. Including programme and interlude. Source: I.R.I.B.

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17. 10. RADIO AND T.V. PROGRAMMES PRODUCED(1) BY CENTRES OF OSTANS, 1388 (hour)

Transmission centre Radio centre T.V. centre Total ...... 118476 35678 Abadan ...... 2468 311 East Azarbayejan ...... 5265 2129 West Azarbayejan ...... 3520 1646 Ardabil ...... 3668 1445 Esfahan ...... 4316 1518 Ilam ...... 3200 966 Bushehr ...... 3270 993 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari ...... 3141 1018 South Khorasan ...... 3096 386 Khorasan-e-Razavi ...... 3793 1123 North Khorasan ...... 2727 559 Persian Gulf ...... 3605 1292 Khuzestan ...... 4926 1609 Zanjan ...... 3389 928 Semnan ...... 3091 1086 Sistan and Baluchestan ...... 4733 1005 Fars ...... 4067 1387 ...... 2946 970 ...... 4251 1430 Kordestan ...... 3605 1338 Kerman ...... 4633 1133 Kermanshah ...... 4197 1414 Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad ...... 3039 1025 Kish ...... 3083 289 Golestan ...... 6200 1176 Gilan ...... 4495 1477 Lorestan ...... 4111 1090 Mazandaran ...... 3371 1169 Markazi ...... 3297 987 ...... 2417 316 Hamedan ...... 3456 1116 ...... 3100 1347 1. Excluding statistics on programmes produced by Tehran radio and T.V. centres. Source: I.R.I.B.

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17. 11. RADIO AND T.V. BROADCASTING(1,2) BY CENTRES OF OSTANS, 1388 (hour)

Transmission centre Radio centre T.V. centre

Total ...... 151314 94249 Abadan ...... 3374 783 East Azarbayejan ...... 5423 3435 West Azarbayejan ...... 3769 3285 Ardabil ...... 5851 4214 Esfahan ...... 4425 4431 Ilam ...... 3926 2801 Bushehr ...... 4342 3023 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari ...... 3977 3600 South Khorasan ...... 3757 678 Khorasan-e-Razavi ...... 4374 3995 North Khorasan ...... 4013 860 Persian Gulf ...... 4664 3281 Khuzestan ...... 4976 4291 Zanjan ...... 4399 3193 Semnan ...... 4072 3052 Sistan and Baluchestan ...... 5341 3116 Fars ...... 4748 3651 Qazvin ...... 4116 3106 Qom ...... 4976 3236 Kordestan ...... 4211 2699 Kerman ...... 7148 3260 Kermanshah ...... 4164 3398 Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad ...... 3855 3116 Kish ...... 3530 757 Golestan ...... 7461 3240 Gilan ...... 7415 3754 Lorestan ...... 4974 2731 Mazandaran ...... 4744 3449 Markazi ...... 5742 2841 Mahabad ...... 2981 566 Hamedan ...... 6331 3103 Yazd ...... 4235 3304 1. Excluding statistics on broadcasting from Tehran radio and T.V. centres. 2. Including local (regional) broadcastings only. Source: I.R.I.B.

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17. 12. CINEMAS(1) AND ATTENDANCES Cinemas Attendances (1000 persons) Year and Ostan Iranian Foreign Number Seats Total films films 1370 (1) ...... 272 169644 65961 52099 13862 1375(1) ...... 297 175997 44760 39567 5193 1380(1) ...... 311 166916 21111 20146 965 1384(1) ...... 239 130247 15137 000 000 1385(1) ...... 228 118581 15806 15659 147 1386(1) ...... 228 110407 14300 14153 147 1387(1) ...... 240 112666 15694 15592 102 1388 ...... 236 110122 18193 18171 22 East Azarbayejan ...... 9 4904 386 386 0 West Azarbayejan ...... 7 4192 167 167 0 Ardebil ...... 2 841 80 80 0 Esfahan ...... 9 5938 1412 1412 0 Ilam ...... 1 474 25 25 0 Bushehr ...... 3 480 68 68 0 Tehran (2) ...... 107 42000 9162 9140 22 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari ...... 1 600 78 78 0 South Khorasan ...... 3 1400 25 25 0 Khorasan-e-Razavi ...... 11 7184 1698 1698 // North Khorasan ...... 1 550 49 49 0 Khuzestan ...... 13 5925 364 364 0 Zanjan ...... 2 582 61 61 0 Semnan ...... 3 1550 50 50 0 Sistan and Baluchestan(3) ...... 000 0 0 Fars ...... 10 7567 911 911 // Qazvin ...... 2 850 197 197 0 Qom ...... 2 1000 371 371 0 Kordestan ...... 1 700 46 46 0 Kerman ...... 5 2613 224 224 0 Kermanshah ...... 2 1330 79 79 0 Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad (3) ...... 000 0 0 Golestan ...... 5 1343 244 244 0 Gilan ...... 10 5074 598 598 0 Lorestan ...... 4 2367 126 126 0 Mazandaran ...... 10 5759 908 908 // Markazi ...... 3 1178 262 262 0 Hormozgan ...... 3 787 186 186 0 Hamedan ...... 5 1526 256 256 0 Yazd ...... 2 1408 160 160 0 1. Items are based on sales records of active cinemas. 2. Statistics relating to Fajr film Fastival is not included in Tehran Ostan. 3. According to the officials of provincial offices of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, cinemas of Sistan and Baluchestan and Khohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad are closed. Source: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

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17. 13. LONG (FEATURE) FILMS PRODUCED IN THE COUNTRY: 1388

Year Number 1370 ...... 40 1375 ...... 57 1380 ...... 67 1384 ...... 62 1385 ...... 82 1386 ...... 99 1387 ...... 78 1388 ...... 76 Source: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

17. 14. NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS BY CENTRE AND PERIOD OF PUBLICATION

Grand Tehran Year total Total Daily Weekly Biweekly Monthly Bimonthly Quarterly Other 1375 ...... 662 498 34 69 29 176 16 136 38 1380 ...... 1347 947 75 127 56 276 40 310 63 1384 ...... 3261 2046 124 278 109 683 74 640 138 1385 ...... 3382 2053 106 196 86 696 81 732 156 1386 ...... 3378 1984 106 171 82 636 80 749 160 1387 ...... 3565 2066 98 162 86 664 87 800 169 1388 ...... 3809 2164 98 160 89 663 94 866 194

Other cities Year Total Daily Weekly Biweekly Monthly Bimonthly Quarterly Other 1375 ...... 164 29 57 12 22 9 29 6 1380 ...... 400 46 140 24 44 13 86 47 1384 ...... 1215 74 431 114 244 24 241 87 1385 ...... 1329 77 433 115 307 26 270 101 1386 ...... 1394 77 440 120 313 28 302 114 1387 ...... 1499 77 466 118 325 31 345 137 1388 ...... 1645 80 490 201 342 36 419 77

Source: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

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17. 15. AUTHORIZED PRESS BY CITY AND CONCESSIONAIRE Tehran Year Grand Government Non-government Total Natural persons organizations and organizations institutions and institutions 1375 ...... 662 498 218 202 78 1380 ...... 1347 947 477 292 178 1384 ...... 3261 2046 1207 422 417 1385 ...... 3382 2053 1188 437 428 1386 ...... 3378 1984 1131 440 413 1387 ...... 3565 2066 1219 444 403 1388 ...... 3790 2153 996 548 609

Other cities Year Government Non-government Total Natural persons organizations and organizations and institutions institutions 1375 ...... 164 120 21 23 1380 ...... 400 274 72 54 1384 ...... 1215 905 116 194 1385 ...... 1329 1008 161 160 1386 ...... 1394 1075 164 155 1387 ...... 1499 1182 167 150 1388 ...... 1637 1071 308 258 Source: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

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17. 16. PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF THE COUNTRY Year and Ostan Library 1370 ...... 000 1375 ...... 1047 1380 ...... 1502 1384 ...... 1641 1385 ...... 1729 1386 ...... 1758 1387 ...... 1874 1388 ...... 2073 East Azarbayejan ...... 117 West Azarbayejan ...... 58 Ardebil ...... 53 Esfahan ...... 166 Ilam ...... 30 Bushehr ...... 51 Tehran ...... 150 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari ...... 47 South Khorasan ...... 30 Khorasan-e-Razavi ...... 139 North Khorasan ...... 24 Khuzestan ...... 123 Zanjan ...... 53 Semnan ...... 46 Sistan and Baluchestan ...... 50 Fars ...... 152 Qazvin ...... 41 Qom ...... 39 Kordestan ...... 44 Kerman ...... 91 Kermanshah ...... 63 Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad ...... 50 Golestan ...... 28 Gilan ...... 76 Lorestan ...... 39 Mazandaran ...... 70 Markazi ...... 66 Hormozgan ...... 42 Hamedan ...... 58 Yazd ...... 77 Source: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

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17.17. BOOKS AND DOCUMENT COLLECTION OF NATIONAL LIBRARY OF THE I. R. IRAN Number Description Unit 1375 1380 1384 Manuscript books in Arabic and Farsi ...... Volume 19000 14000 19100

Manuscript documents and scrap-books ...... Sheet 50000 150000 1100000

Books printed by stone lithography and exquisite Volume 10787 10510 18500 books and documents ......

Printed books in Farsi and Arabic ...... Volume 338219 696976 1005108

Latin books ...... Volume 97000 186086 255613

Non-book sources(1) ...... Document 000 52400 641345

Number Description Unit 1385 1386 1387 1388 Manuscript books in Arabic and Farsi ...... Volume 22900 25400 26919 33000

Manuscript documents and scrap-books ...... Sheet 1150000 1101000 1101000 1101000

Books printed by stone lithography and exquisite Volume 26600 27300 27700 28500 books and documents ......

Printed books in Farsi and Arabic ...... Volume 1015000 1500000 1750000 1800000

Latin books ...... Volume 285000 300000 360000 360000

Non-book sources(1) ...... Document 725000 850000 980000 980000 1. Including audio-video sources, CDs, microfilms, etc. Source: National Library of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

17. 3. PRESS BY CONCESSIONAIRE, 1388

Non - government organizations and institutions 23%

Natural persons 54% Government organization and institutions 23%

For data see Table 17. 15.

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17. 18. CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC CENTRES OF THE CENTRE FOR INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS AND THEIR LIBRARIES(1) Number of Number of Cultural and Books in stock Year and Ostan members books lent artistic centres (1000) (1000) (1000) 1380 ...... 513 126 4328 2891 1384 ...... 572 423 5867 3753 1385 ...... 706 520 6166 4097 1386 ...... 607 423 8746 3942 1387 ...... 667 421 6075 3637 1388 ...... 701 554 6268 3328 East Azarbayejan ...... 25 15 194 76 West Azarbayejan ...... 23 19 159 85 Ardebil ...... 21 19 152 82 Esfahan ...... 52 49 515 380 Ilam ...... 18 9 118 35 Bushehr ...... 15 6 133 22 Tehran ...... 66 69 759 645 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari ...... 19 13 196 152 South Khorasan ...... 8 5 70 42 Khorasan-e-Razavi ...... 30 5 289 25 North Khorasan ...... 33232 160 Khuzestan ...... 49 33 437 151 Zanjan ...... 15 11 104 52 Semnan ...... 10 11 116 65 Sistan and Baluchestan ...... 26 20 210 116 Fars ...... 30 24 295 176 Qazvin ...... 13 12 118 55 Qom ...... 9 7 74 49 Kordestan ...... 16 12 147 70 Kerman ...... 32 26 365 90 Kermanshah ...... 29 29 229 169 Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad ...... 10 7 96 42 Golestan ...... 12 10 108 59 Gilan ...... 31 25 335 119 Lorestan ...... 17 13 12 72 Mazandaran ...... 22 16 227 66 Markazi ...... 44 20 266 112 Hormozgan ...... 13 8 94 36 Hamedan ...... 27 16 238 83 Yazd ...... 16 13 180 42 1. Excluding statistics on mobile urban and rural units and postal libraries. Source: Ministry of Education, Centre for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.

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17. 19. TITLES OF BOOKS PUBLISHED Year and Ostan Total Writing Translation 1370 ...... 6975 4633 2342 1375 ...... 14660 12190 2470 1380 ...... 32475 26589 5886 1384 ...... 53504 41248 12256 1385 ...... 53362 42296 11066 1386 ...... 55425 43604 11821 1387 ...... 56022 43679 12343 1388 ...... 60801 49204 11597 East Azarbayejan ...... 678 600 78 West Azarbayejan ...... 87 57 30 Ardebil ...... 69 65 4 Esfahan ...... 1010 904 106 Ilam ...... 65 1 Bushehr ...... 13 12 1 Tehran ...... 47300 37314 9986 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari ...... 54 1 South Khorasan ...... 20 2 Khorasan-e-Razavi ...... 3644 3091 553 North Khorasan ...... 13 13 0 Khuzestan ...... 127 111 16 Zanjan ...... 107 98 9 Semnan ...... 82 73 9 Sistan and Baluchestan ...... 35 18 17 Fars ...... 389 362 27 Qazvin ...... 185 163 22 Qom ...... 5791 5203 588 Kordestan ...... 96 69 27 Kerman ...... 167 160 7 Kermanshah ...... 63 57 6 Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad ...... 77 0 Golestan ...... 83 81 2 Gilan ...... 224 199 25 Lorestan ...... 62 58 4 Mazandaran ...... 244 203 41 Markazi ...... 42 32 10 Hormozgan ...... 13 10 3 Hamedan ...... 221 202 19 Yazd ...... 36 33 3 Source: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Khane-ye-Ketab.

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17. 20. TITLES AND CIRCULATION OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY SUBJECT Title Circulation Year and subject Total First edition New editions (1000) 1370 ...... 000 000 000 000 1375 ...... 14459 7063 7396 80501 1380 ...... 32216 18269 13947 165731 1384 ...... 52627 26762 25865 223368 1385 ...... 52385 24253 28132 223786 1386 ...... 55128 23898 31230 212980 1387 ...... 55999 24507 31492 219709 1388 ...... 60801 28825 31976 206161 Generalities ...... 1729 874 855 3786 Philosophy ...... 2673 1189 1484 6663 Religion ...... 9378 4543 4835 48824 Social sciences ...... 7871 3231 4640 22291 Language ...... 3314 1388 1926 11487 Natural sciences & mathematics ...... 5159 1814 3345 15372 Applied sciences ...... 8772 5100 3672 18416 Arts ...... 1968 1074 894 4278 Literature ...... 7992 4669 3323 19940 History and geography ...... 2939 1616 1323 10336 Children & teenager ...... 9006 3327 5679 44768 Source: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

17. 4. NUMBER OF TITLES OF BOOKS PUBLISHED Thousand titles 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1384 1385 1386 1387 1388

First edition New edition

For data see Table 17. 20.

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17. 21. ATTENDANCE AT MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS MANAGED BY CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM ORGANIZATION (1000 persons) Monument Monument or museum 1370 1375 1380 1384 1385 1386 1387 1388 or museum Historical monuments ...... Total 3469 4699 10736 8234 8347 10037 12633 Shushtar falls ...... Khuzestan 000 000 000 98 110 105 - 90 Atashkadeh (firetemple) ...... Fars 000 000 21 17 25 18 41 166 Atashgah (firetemple) ...... Esfahan 000 000 24 39 42 40 47 67 Artimani Mausoleum ...... Hamedan 000 000 000 8 4 7 - 9 Sistan & 000 000 000 2 - - 9 30 Seyyed Gholam Rasul Mausoleum ...... Bluchestan Sheykh-e-Kharqani Mausoleum ...... Semnan 000 000 000 - - - - - Asrar Mausoleum ...... Khorasan 000 000 10 75 20 31 - 79 Baba Taher Mausoleum ...... Hamadan 62 140 189 205 244 241 169 344 Bu-Ali Mausoleum ...... Hamedan 493 219 186 246 268 300 254 404 Hafez Mausoleum (Hafeziyeh) ...... 636 652 1000 1076 596 650 1421 1475 Khayam Mausoleum ...... Neyshabur 000 127 160 230 243 240 312 299 Sadi Mausoleum (Sa'diyeh) ...... Shiraz 493 538 542 883 670 428 878 956 Attar Mausoleum ...... Neyshabur 000 115 45 202 182 165 325 187 Ferdosi Mausoleum ...... Tus 602 724 628 711 861 636 674 770 Molana Mausoleum(Abubakr) ...... Taybad 000 000 554 173 21 285 - 214 Arg-e-Bam (castle) ...... Bam 44 92 85 - 1 34 - - Arg-e-Karimkhan (castle) ...... Shiraz (1)0 194 188 136 192 207 727 334 Ivan-e-Takht-e-Marmar and painting 000 000 22 38 57 53 - - room of Golestan Palace ...... Tehran Bagh-e-Shahzadeh ...... Kerman 000 000 000 197 194 118 251 284 Borj-e-Alaodoleh (tower) ...... Tehran 000 000 000 - - - - - Borj-e-Toghrol (tower) ...... Tehran 000 000 3 - - - - - Borjhaye Maragheh (tower) ...... Maragheh 000 000 7 - - - 5 156 Bagh-e-Fin (garden) ...... 184 205 315 800 562 735 - 949 Bishabur (ruins) ...... Kazerun (1)0 37 272 31 25 22 40 31 Pasargad ...... Marvdasht 000 55 95 148 169 158 329 - Tappeh-ye-Hegmataneh (hill) ...... Hamedan 000 9 000 103 138 85 73 132 Tappeh-ye-Mill (hill) ...... Varamin 000 000 000 - - - - - Takht-e-Jamshid ...... Marvdasht 258 386 367 725 567 411 970 - Takht-e-Soleiman (firetemple) ...... (1)0 20 000 46 49 36 133 19 Tekye-ye-Amir Chakhmaq () ..... Yazd 000 000 000 50 45 83 110 119 Tang-e-Chogan (bas reliefs)...... Kazerun 000 23 20 17 15 9 22 17 Timcheh and Great ...... Qom 000 000 000 - - - - 386 Choghazanbil ...... Haft-Tappeh (1)0 13 000 18 28 52 - 44 Cheshmeh-ye-Soleymaniyeh (spring) ..... Kashan 000 000 1 29 30 40 - 18 Cheshmeh-ye-Ali Damghan (spring) ...... Semnan 000 000 000 - - - - 0 Hamam-e-Galehdari (bathhouse) ...... Hormozgan 000 000 000 2 9 1 - 9 Hamam-e-Vakil (bathhouse) ...... Fars 000 46 12 - - - 93 149 Khaneh-ye-Emam Jom'e (house) ...... Tehran 000 000 000 - - - - - Khaneh-ye-Borujerdiha (house) ...... Kashan 000 000 000 86 90 70 - 122 Khaneh-ye-Ameriha (house) ...... Kashan 000 000 000 56 63 68 - 106 Khaneh-ye-Fekri (house) ...... Hormozgan 000 000 000 2 6 - - 6 Khaneh-ye-Kolbadi (house) ...... Mazandaran 000 000 000 - - - - 15 Khaneh-ye-Lariha (house) ...... yazd 000 000 000 14 15 33 39 67 Khaneh-ye-Mahmudi (house) ...... yazd 000 000 000 - 3 3 - -

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17. 21. ATTENDANCE AT MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS MANAGED BY CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM ORGANIZATION (continued) (1000 persons) Monument or museum Place 1370 1375 1380 1384 1385 1386 1387 1388 Khaneh-ye-Mollasadra (house) .... Qom 000 000 000 26 - - - 35 Khaneh-ye-Nima (house) ...... Mazandaran 000 000 2 4 5 8 31 19 Khaneh-ye-Vosuq (house) ...... Tehran 000 000 000 - - - - - -e-Bibidust (tomb) ...... Sistan & Bluchestan 000 000 000 - - - 87 167 Ziyarat-e-Shah Esmaeel (tomb) ... Sistan & Bluchestan 000 000 000 - - - - - Taq Bostan (bas reliefs) ...... Kermanshah 000 196 167 285 251 253 330 358 Emarat-e-Badgir (edifice) ...... Tehran 000 000 000 19 25 30 - - Emarat-e-Shams-ol-Emareh (edifice) ...... Tehran 000 000 000 30 - - - - Ghar-e-Karaftu (cave) ...... Kordestan 000 000 000 10 21 14 30 32 Gasht Old Cemetery ...... Sistan & Bluchestan 000 000 000 - - - - - Qare Kelisa (church) ...... West Azarbayejan 000 000 8 23 28 16 47 37 Qaleh-ye-Tis (castle) ...... Sistan & Bluchestan 000 000 000 5 - - 10 15 Chahar mahal & Qaleh-ye-Chaleshtar (castle) ...... Bakhtiyari 000 000 000 12 20 42 108 80 Chahar mahal & Qaleh-ye-Dezak (castle) ...... Bakhtiyari 000 2 2 3 4 4 11 2 Chahar mahal & Qaleh-ye-Sotudeh (castle) ...... Bakhtiyari 000 000 000 12 23 42 - - Qaleh-ye-Shush (castle) ...... Shosh 000 5 000 59 41 59 -69 Qaleh-ye-Falak-ol-Aflak (castle) .. Lorestan 000 29 45 160 141 172 239 166 Qaleh-ye-Naseri (castle) ...... Sistan & Bluchestan 000 000 000 5 - - 6 6 Qaleh-ye-Vali-ye-Ilam (castle) .... Ilam 000 10 000 2 13 15 19 77 Kakh-e-Apadana (palace) ...... Shush (1)0 20 000 94 76 97 - 60 Kakh-e-Ali-Qapu (palace) ...... Esfahan 218 187 215 256 207 251 288 376 Karvansara-ye-Shah Abbasi (carvanceray) ...... Tehran 000 000 000 - - - - - Saint Stepanus Church ...... West Azarbayejan 000 000 000 60 94 78 118 139 Kuh-e-Khajeh (mount) ...... Sistan & Bluchestan 000 000 000 4 - - 7 86 -e-Jabaliyeh () ...... Kerman 000 000 000 6 9 10 10 17 Gonbad-e-Sabz (dome) ...... Qom 000 000 000 2 - - -55 Gonbad-e-Soltaniyeh (dome) ...... Zanjan 230335983 106 95187 Gonbad-e-Alavian (dome) ...... Hamedan 000 7 23 46 38 15 22 38 Gonbad-e-Qabus (dome) ...... Mazandaran 000 000 000 - 80 7 - - Ganj Nameh (inscription) ...... Hamedan 000 000 000 166 - - - - Tis Old Cemetery ...... Sistan & Bluchestan 000 000 000 - - - - - Majmue-ye-Abbas Abad (complex) Mazandaran 000 000 000 1 - - - 10 Dahane-ye-Gholaman (area) ...... Sistan & Bluchestan 000 000 000 3 - - 33 21 Shahr-e-Sukhteh (Burnt City area) Sistan & Bluchestan 000 000 000 41 - - 73 101 Madrese-ye-Ziyaeeye (school) ..... Yazd 000 000 000 74 - - 138159 Sheikh Ahmad Jam Mausoleum ... 000 103 824 921 458 718 - 697 Masjed-e-Agha Bozorg (mosque) Kashan 0002231922 6 -14 Masjed-e-Emam (mosque) ...... Esfahan 205 158 202 188 189 209 259 306 Masjed-e-Emam-e-Borujerd (mosque) ...... Lorestan 000 000 000 33 13 16 - 20 Masjed-e-Amir Chakhmaq (mosque) ...... Yazd 000 000 000 3 8 - -- Masjed-e- (mosque) Semnan ...... Semnan 000 000 1 3 5 5 14 11 Masjed-e-Jame (mosque) ...... Naeen 000 000 11 17 13 17 2527 Masjed-e-Jame (mosque) ...... Esfahan 38 50 39 58 38 48 74 138

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17. 21. ATTENDANCE AT MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS MANAGED BY CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM ORGANIZATION (continued) (1000 persons) Monument or museum Place 1370 1375 1380 1384 1385 1386 1387 1388 Masjed-e-Jame (mosque) ...... 000 // 222 1 12 Masjed-e-Jame-e- (mosque) ...... Esfahan 000 000 000 - 1 - 52 Masjed-e-Jame-e-Semnan (mosque) ...... Semnan 000 000 000 - - - - - Masjed-e-Jame-e-Sanandaj (mosque) ..... Kordestan 000 000 000 - - - - - Masjed-e-Jame-e-Farah Abad (mosque) . Mazandaran 000 000 000 5 2 - - - Masjed-e-Jame-e-Qom (mosque) ...... Qom 000 000 000 3 -- - - 46 Masjed-e-Jame-e- (mosque) ...... Esfahan 000 000 000 8 9 8 17 14 Masjed-e-Jame-e-Varamin (mosque) ...... Tehran 000 000 000 - - - 1 - Masjed-e-Sheikh Lotfollah (mosque) ..... Esfahan 96 83 100 132 122 133 168 186 Masjed-e-Atiq (mosque) ...... Qom 000 000 000 - - - - - Masjed-e-Faryumad (mosque) ...... Semnan 000 000 000 - - - - - Sistan & Masjed-e-Abdolqader (old mosque) ...... Baluchestan 000 000 000 - - - - - Masjed-e-Kabud (mosque) ...... (1)0 17 20 46 70 54 76 88 Masjed-e-Ganjali Khan (mosque) ...... Kerman 000 000 000 846 7 8 26 19 Ma'bad-e-Anahita (temple) ...... Kermanshah 000 7 10 13 16 19 21 21 Sistan & 000 000 000 7 - - - - Ma'bad va Gharhaye Tis (temple & caves) Baluchestan Ma'bad-e-Henduha (temple) ...... Hormozgan 000 000 000 3 - - - - Mill Gonbad ...... Golestan 000 000 12 79 80 - 104 129 Menar Jonban (shaking ) ...... Esfahan 93 140 193 189 247 278 262 310 Menare-ye-Ajori (minaret) ...... Lorestan 000 000 000 31 34 45 - 78 Narin Qaleh (castle) ...... Yazd 000 000 000 17 17 50 73 84 Naqsh-e-Barjesteh (bas reliefs) ...... Kermanshah 000 000 000 - - - - - Naqsh-e-Rajab (bas reliefs) ...... Fars 000 000 000 12 15 10 30 - Naqsh-e-Rostam (bas reliefs) Shiraz ...... Shiraz 000 35 91 138 119 80 184 - (palace) ...... Esfahan 45 23 34 59 44 59 73 76 Museums ...... Total 1983 2601 2102 3849 4479 3755 3839 3733 Abkar ...... Tehran (1)015139 4 - -- Glassware & Ceramics of Iran ...... Tehran 10 30 22 22 17 25 27 - Ardakan ...... yazd 000 000 000 2 - - - - Orumiyeh ...... Orumiyeh 22 19 8 13 13 16 19 18 Iranshahr...... hormozgan 000 000 000 - - - - - Ayineh-Khane-ye-mofakham (the building of mirror) ...... South Khorasan 000 000 000 10 12 13 13 15 Ayineh Va Roshanayi (Mirror and Light) yazd 000 000 000 70 28 31 33 32 Babol ...... Mazandaran × × 000 7 17 1 - 5 Chaharmahal& 000 000 000 11 13 11 8 8 Archaeology ...... Bakhtiyari Bagh-e-Harandi (garden) ...... kerman 000 000 000 2 11 3 12 11 Baghcheh- Juq ...... mako 18 24 8 29 38 21 39 33 Bagh-e-Naderi(garden) ...... mashhad 420 279 000 334 368 366 347 411 Behzad ...... tehran (1)01318186 - -- Birjand (archaeology and anthropology) birjand 000 26 10 16 18 17 13 21 Pars ...... shiraz 41 263 52 48 58 44 126 87 Ethnological Research ...... Tehran (1)0 65 28 - - - - - Meybod Palaas (pileless carpet) ...... yazd 000 000 000 - - - - - Tea History Museum of Iran ...... Gilan × 1 000 10 18 18 2335

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17. 21. ATTENDANCE AT MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS MANAGED BY CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM ORGANIZATION (continued) (1000 persons) Monument or museum Place 1370 1375 1380 1384 1385 1386 1387 1388 -e-Ayineh (Mirrors Hall) ...... Tehran 000 000 000 12 - - - - Talar-e-Berelyan (Diamond Hall) Tehran 000 000 000 1 - - - - Tabriz (Azarbayejan) ...... Tabriz 73 53 76 141 227 179 175 187 ...... Shiraz 160 193 149 398 567 411 288 - Tus ...... Tus 358 303 72 74 226 229 910283 Jahan Nama ...... Tehran 000 000 000 - 44 50 15 - Jiroft ...... Kerman 000 000 000 10 8 5 7 6 Cheykhoran ...... Mazandaran 000 000 000 - - - - - Charfasl-e-Arak (bathhouse) ...... Arak 000 27 15 33 39 27 29 42 Chehel-Sotun ...... Esfahan 157 214 399 422 417 467 593 621 Chinikhaneh (Boq'eh-ye- Sheikh Safi-al-Din) ...... Ardebil 35 112 116 97 126 149 87 198 Hammam-e-Hazrat semnan (bathhouse) ...... Semnan (1)034221410 8 4 6 HammamKhaneh-ye –Bastak (bathhouse) ...... Hormozgan 000 000 000 1 2 - - 3 Hammam-e-ganj-ali-khan (Bathhouse) ...... Kerman 154 145 155 167 157 - 248 256 Hoz Khaneh Tehran 000 000 000 24 32 32 - - Khaneh-ye- Borojerdiha (house) ...... Kashan (1)018508690 70 -122 Khane-ye- rais-ali delvari (hose) ...... Bushehr × 8 61 34 20 - 2 14 Khoramabad ...... Lorestan 000 000 000 159 166 172 - 210 Khat va Ketabat ...... Kermanshah 000 000 000 - - - - - Khalkhal (archaeology) ...... Khalkhal (1)0 1 2 - 1 2 2 3 (archaeology) ...... Khoy 7151 3 4 6 3 7 Islamic Period ...... Tehran × 4 60 91 27 - - - Rakhtshuykhaneh (Wash-house) ...... Zanjan 000 10 14 36 39 58 88 203 Rasht ...... Rasht 17 21 000 14 9 4 - 11 Reza Abasi ...... Tehran 37 26 10 11 11 8 12 - Sistan & Zabol ...... Baluchestan 000 000 000 - - - 8 3 Zendan-e-Eskandar (Madreseh_ye- Ziyaiyeh) ...... Yazd 000 23 17 74 70 106 138 159 Traditional Musical Instrument ...... Kerman 000 000 000 3 11 3 17 12 Sabz (palace) ...... Tehran (1)0 62 132 162 172 - - Sabzevar ...... Khorasan - Razavi 000 000 000 - - - 16 19 Coins ...... Kerman × × 1 17 29 13 34 48 Sanjesh ...... East Azarbayejan 000 000 000 12 16 15 23 33 Sang-e- Haftanan (stone) ...... Shiraz (1)0 9 18 20 20 10 25 87 Sanandaj ...... Sanandaj 5 12 6 13 12 16 22 30 Sistan & Sistan&Baluchestan (Zahedan) ...... baluchestan 000 (2)50 2 2 - - - - Shahrud ...... Shahrud 36898 7 98 Shush ...... Shush 18 31 000 59 41 59 - 69 Shahabeddin Ahari (ahar) ...... Tabriz × 8 7 15 17 8 13 20 Qazvin City ...... Qazvin 000 000 000 9 10 12 13 30 Sistan & Shahr-e-kord ...... Baluchestan 000 000 000 11 12 11 - - Sahebqaraniyeh ...... Tehran 000 000 000 125 140 118 - - Handiscrafts ...... Markazi 000 000 000 1 3 2 - 4 Aks Khaneh (Photography) ...... Tehran 000 000 000 21 38 36 - -

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17. 21. ATTENDANCE AT MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS MANAGED BY CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM ORGANIZATION (continued) (1000 persons) Monument or museum Place 1370 1375 1380 1384 1385 1386 1387 1388 Iranian Carpet ...... Tehran 17 31 25 17 11 16 - - Farshchiyan ...... Tehran 000 000 000 23 56 61 - - Qoran and Ketabat ...... East Azarbayejan 000 000 000 5 6 8 - 7 Qazvin (Chehelsotun) (3) ...... Qazvin 613201929 24 3737 Quchan ...... Khorasan -razavi 000 000 000 15 11 9 15 14 Kashan (Melli) ...... Kashan 118 27 71 124 107 - - - Kermanshah (Tekiyeh-ye- 4 8 19 14 12 15 16 13 Moavenolmolk) ...... Kermanshah Naeen Kavir (anthropology) ...... Esfahan × 7 8 12 11 14 21 20 Gorgan ...... Gorgan 5 5 2 53 55 7 85 91 Maragheh ...... maragheh (1)0 (1)0 6 14 15 14 21 28 Anthropology ...... Ardabil 000 000 000 22 25 27 16 28 Anthropology ...... Hormozgan 000 000 000 - - - - 13 Anthropology of Golestan ...... Tehran 17 46 25 - - - - - Mashrutiyat ...... Tabriz × × 18 10 39 32 67 84 Meshkinshahr ...... Meshkin shahr × 2 4 1 1 1 1 3 Mafakher va Mashahir ...... North Khorasan 000 000 000 1 6 3 // 3 Mellat ...... Tehran 155 179 173 235 250 280 - - National Museum of Iran (Iran-e- 00040769190 93 108- Bastan) ...... Tehran Mehriz ...... Yazd 000 000 000 2 2 - - 1 (West Azarbayejan) ...... Miandoab 863464 8 56 Mir Emad ...... Tehran 000 000 000 7 3 - - 1 Nojum (astronomy) ...... Khorasan -razavi 000 000 000 - - - - - Underglass Painting ...... Tehran 000 000 000 2 4 4 4 - Naqadeh ...... West azarbayejan 000 000 000 1 1 1 2 13 Negarkhaneh ...... Tehran 000 000 000 32 - 39 - - Niyavaran Palace ...... Tehran 99 100 104 125 223 - - - Neyshabur, Khorasan-e-Razavi ...... Nyshabur 000 12 1 6 20 - - - Nations Arts, Sa'dabad ...... Tehran × 8 47 15 9 13 - - Decorative Arts ...... Esfahan ×10221512 - - 1 Fine Arts, Sa'dabad ...... Tehran 229192638 44 - - National Arts ...... Tehran 17 8 8 4 7 11 - - 1. The museum or monument has temporarily been closed to visitors because of the Iran & Iraq War damages, repairs or other reasons. 2. Including Sistan and Baluchestan Museum and historical sites (castles, , ancient hill sites, palaces and shrines). 3. Including Qazvin museum and its monuments (castles and cathedral mosque). Source: Presidency, Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization.

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17. 22. FOREIGN NATIONALS ARRIVED BY TOURIST AND NON-TOURIST Year Total Tourist Non-tourist 1370 ...... 408526 249103 159423 1375 ...... 641651 573449 68202 1380 ...... 000 1402160 000 1384(1) ...... 1160699 1160699 000 1385(1) ...... 1816900 1816900 000 1386 ...... 2171699 2171699 000 1387 ...... 2027528 2027528 000 1388 ...... 2272575 2272575 000 1. Revised figures. Sources: Presidency, Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization.

17. 23. FOREIGN TOURISTS ARRIVED IN IRAN BY AIR, LAND, AND SEA Year Total By air By land By sea 1370 ...... 249103 101613 141792 5698 1375 ...... 573449 168578 398437 6434 1380 ...... 1402160 395309 991833 15018 1384(1) ...... 1160699 000 000 000 1385(1) ...... 1816900 000 000 000 1386 ...... 2171699 886123 1274120 11456 1387 ...... 2027528 702329 1312712 12487 1388 ...... 2272575 634522 1621311 16742 1. Revised figures. Sources: Presidency, Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization.

17. 24. NUMBER OF PILGRIMS TO MECCA Year Total Major pilgrimage Minor pilgrimage 1370 ...... 136456 116500 19956 1375 ...... 164902 65354 99548 1380 ...... 289720 81499 208221 1384 ...... 553855 89541 464314 1385 ...... 648011 91195 556816 1386 ...... 689524 93083 596441 1387 ...... 724937 101937 623000 1388 ...... 817404 56726 760678 Source : Ministery of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

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17. 5. ATTENDANCE AT MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS MANAGED BY CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM ORGANIZATION

Million persons 18 16 14

12

10 8 6 4 2

0 1384 1385 1386 1387 1388

For data see Table 17. 21.

17. 6. FOREIGN TOURISTS ARRIVED IN IRAN Thousand persons

25

20

15

10

5

0 1384 1385 1386 1387 1388

For data see Table 17. 22.

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