Damage to Iranian cultural heritage sites: Interview with Professor Sussan Babaie

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Born in Iran, Professor Sussan Babaie attended the University of Tehran’s Faculty of Fine Arts until the revolution of 1979, when she moved to the USA to study for a Master’s degree in Italian Renaissance and American Arts. She then completed  a PhD at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, focussing on the arts of Islam. Sussan has taught at the Courtauld Institute since 2013, and is now Professor in the Arts of Iran and Islam, teaching on the MA History of Art Special Option Empires of Art: Early Modern Asia, 1500-1900.

You can read Sussan’s contributions on the topic below:

• The Art Newspaper, In a month of war, Iran’s cultural heritage has suffered huge damage
• Artnet, The Cultural Heritage Sites Damaged by the U.S.-Israel War on Iran
• Telegraph, The world wonders at risk from the war in Iran
• Hyperallergic, Israel-US Strikes Damage Tehran’s Historic Golestan Palace