Cultural, historical and artistic property called to property that is important from scientific, historical, cultural, archaeological, paleontological and artistic point of view and more than one hundred years have passed since its construction and belong to one of this categories: 1- cultural historical property 2- historical property 3- cultural property 4- artistic property 5- study property 6- Counterfeit or counterfeit property. (Source: Regulations on historical, cultural and artistic property of public and governmental institutions, approved on 12/07/2002)

Export, regulations, prohibitions

Due to the paragraph 1 of the legal decree of the Islamic Revolutionary Council approved on 10/22/1358, export any kind of  antiques and artistic is prohibit Of course, this ban does not apply to paintings and contemporary art.

Those historical-cultural objects that are not underground and have been inherited from one generation to another are called permissible objects. Trading of these objects inside the country is unrestricted, but their departure from the country is prohibited.

According to the above contents, if each above components is finding by competent government agencies the In addition to the confiscation and expertise of the property and the valuation of the goods in Rials, the matter will be referred to the court for a final decision. (Source: Instructions on how to determine and assign confiscated objects)

One of the most important fields in this discussion is Temporary departure of artistic, historical and cultural property (first, second, third class)To participate in Foreign exhibitions. According to the law, this is possible only after the approval of the Cultural Heritage Organization of the country, however, in the case of first-class property, after the approval of the Cultural Heritage Organization, it will also need the approval of the Cabinet.

Also according to the executive regulations on the export of cultural products (2003), export all works by mail ( passenger or commercial ) with the expectation of all old lithographs , art works and musical instrument that are part of the country’s cultural heritage is unobstructed. But in general, the export of authorized works of art is booming and popular all over the world. These works include calligraphic paintings, photographs, various types of paintings, sculptures, etc.

Most popular Iran’s artists that sells their artworks in all around the world are: Farshchian, Zende Roudi, Mohammad Ahsayee, Parvis Tanavoli, Ahmad Mostafa, Farhad Moshiri, Iraj naemayee, etc.

In Iran there is a lot of gallery that Iran Switzerland chamber of commerce have one of them ( ISCC COLLECTIVE).