The expert discussion and knowledge-sharing program on Housing and Urban Regeneration was organized through collaboration between UN-Habitat, the Government of South Korea (Embassy of Korea in the Islamic Republic of Iran), and the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development (Urban Regeneration Corporation of Iran, URCI). This program, part of the cooperation framework between UN-Habitat’s office ...

Cities are uniquely positioned as both victims and contributors to climate change, facing severe impacts from extreme weather events while also being significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions. As urban areas expand, they concentrate vast populations and valuable assets in increasingly vulnerable locations, heightening the risk of catastrophic disasters. The challenges posed by climate change ...

UN-Habitat, together with its partners, has proudly marked the culmination of the BEHTAB Phase II project. This initiative has been pivotal in enhancing the resilience of Iranian hospitals against natural disasters. UN-Habitat extends heartful gratitude to the Government and people of Japan for their generous support and commend the exceptional cooperation of the Iranian partners. ...

The ceremony of the first Monday of October as “World Habitat Day” was held with the cooperation of the National Human Settlements Committee in the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development (MRUD), Urban Regeneration Corporation of Iran (URCI), UN-Habitat office in Tehran and Tehran Municipality. In addition to the representatives of the UN-Habitat office in ...

The experience and findings of the National Urban Policy Programme (NUPP) in I.R. Iran were presented and discussed during the 11th World Urban Forum (WUF11) networking event on 28 June 2022. The pilot phase of the National Urban Policy Programme (NUPP): “Developing NUP and Smart City Strategies in Iran” started in 2017. In the first step, the “Diagnosis ...

The office was officially inaugurated in 2009; UN-Habitat Tehran office and the Government of I.R. Iran entered into a protocol amendment agreement in July 2014 to expand the official mandate from disaster mitigation to a fully-fledged UN-Habitat office and continue to provide in-kind contributions to UN-Habitat for another 5 years until July 2019. Based on ...