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“Iran as well can register lavash in UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage,” said the head of the cultural value registration department of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization, Farhad Nazari, as it is reported by «Tabnak.ir».

Note that RA Deputy Minister of Culture, Arev Samuelyan, during a press conference, on December 23, 2013 declared that the art of making lavash can be included in UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list.

After the statement was published, the Iranian mass media, particularly IRNA, ISNA and taqnab.ir websites actively started to cover the lavash issue.

An Iranian researcher, culture specialist Masoumeh Ebrahimi, and the Council member of the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia of Iran Ali Bolukbasi referred to the lavash issue in their interview with IRNA news agency and noted that lavash is one of the traditional types of Iranian bread and that Armenia being influenced by Iranian culture took the art of making lavash from Iran.

The head of the cultural value registration department of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization, Farhad Nazari referring to the issue, particularly noted, “The fact that Armenia wants to register lavash in UNESCO doesn’t mean that Iran cannot do that. There are a vast number of cultural values that are common in different countries. Lavash is an Armenian word and Armenia is the motherland of lavash.”