Depository Library in Iran

United Nations Depository Libraries

Since 1946, the Dag Hammarskjold Library of the United Nations Secretariat in New York has arranged for the distribution of United Nations documents and publications to users around the world through its depository library system. At present, there are more than 365 depository libraries in over 136 countries maintaining United Nations material from the date of designation as depository to the present.

There are four UN depository libraries in Iran. Three of them are located in Tehran and one in Shiraz.

Islamic Consultative Assembly-Iranian Parliament

(Majles-e Shora-ye Eslami)

Library, Museum and Documentation Center

Baharestan Square, Tehran, The Islamic Republic of Iran

Tel: +98 21 3313 0915
Fax: +98 21 3313 0919
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Internet: http://www.ical.ir/en/

Date of designation as depository: May 1948

Tehran University

Library of the Centre for Graduate International Studies
No. 176, Taleqani St., Tehran, The Islamic Republic of Iran

Tel: +98 21 611 2527
Fax: +98 21 640 9595
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Internet: http://www.ut.ac.ir/en

Date of designation as depository: Jan 1948

Shahid Beheshti University

Shahid Beheshti University, UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy

Chamran Highway, Yaman St., Shahid Shahriyari Sq. Tehran – The Islamic Republic of Iran

Tel: +98 21 2990 2233
Fax: +98 21 2243 1919
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Website: http://lib.sbu.ac.ir/

Date of designation as depository: Feb 2000

Shiraz University

College of Literature and Human Science, Mirzay-e-Shirazi Library

Eram Sq. Shiraz, The Islamic Republic of Iran

Tel: +98 711 626 0011
Fax: +98 711 628 7301
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Website: http://shirazu.ac.ir

Date of designation as depository: Mar 1949

United Nations Information Centre in Tehran

UNIC Reference Library’s collection was transferred to the National Library and Archives of the Islamic Republic of Iran located in Tehran (Haghani Highway, next to Haghani underground station) at the end of 2012.

A selection of UN information materials is still available in the Centre and the Reference Assistant is at the service of the UN researchers and students with this small collection and through the UN website and databases to find UN information and documentation. She also holds workshops for different groups of UN researchers in the UN building or universities, government offices, NGOs, etc. to familiarize them with the UN information and documentation.