Aug 8, 2026
When War Targets History: Golestan Palace Damage And Other Monuments Lost To Conflict
For centuries and across continents, monuments have served as symbols of faith, empire, learning and collective memory. Yet in times of war, people have targeted these structures, treating them as symbols to be erased, rewritten or weaponised. That reality is unfolding once again in the Middle East. Tehran’s historic Golestan Palace, often called the “Versailles of Iran,” reportedly suffered significant...
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