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UNESCO Adds 8 Pre-Islamic Iranian Sites to Heritage List

◢ UNESCO on Saturday added eight pre-Islamic Iranian archeological sites to its World Heritage List, the UN agency announced at a meeting in the Bahraini capital. The sites collectively appear on the worldwide list as the "Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars region (Islamic Republic of Iran)."

Iran Bans Foreign Social Media Networks in Schools

◢ Iran's ministry of education on Sunday banned the use of foreign social media networks in schools, the ILNA news agency reported, amid a push by Tehran to limit the influence of outside online platforms. Schools must "only use domestic social networks" for their communication,  the ministry said in a statement, according to the reformist-linked news agency.