TEHRAN -- Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Seyed Reza Salehi-Amiri has ordered authorities to pursue the national registration of the cultural-natural landscape of Hezarcham along the Chalus Road, highlighting the area’s historical, cultural and environmental significance.
Salehi-Amiri made the announcement during a visit to Hezarcham on Thursday as part of his trip to Chalus County in Mazandaran Province. After reviewing the area’s natural and cultural assets, he called for the registration of Hezarcham and surrounding areas on Iran’s national heritage list to be pursued as a priority.
The minister said national registration could provide a framework for more targeted protection of the landscape while supporting the development of tourism infrastructure and sustainable visitation.
The visit was attended by Chalus Governor Yahya Yousefpour, a member of Iran’s Parliament representing Nowshahr, Chalus and Kelardasht, as well as officials from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage,

 Tourism and Handicrafts and Mazandaran’s provincial heritage administration.
Salehi-Amiri also visited the proposed site for a Martyrs and Ethnography Museum in Chalus, stressing the city’s historical significance during the Iran-Iraq War. He said Chalus played an important role in sending combatants from northern provinces during the conflict and argued that the city’s wartime heritage should be preserved and transmitted to future generations.
The minister called for further assessment and follow-up of the proposed museum project, describing it as complementary to Chalus’s tourism and cultural heritage potential.
The visit also coincided with the inauguration of the second phase of the Hezarcham tourism complex, completed with an investment of more than 400 billion Iranian rials. The project is intended to expand tourism infrastructure and increase visitor services in the area.
Hezarcham lies along the historic Chalus Road, one of northern Iran’s principal routes connecting Tehran with the Caspian coast. Its combination of mountain landscapes, historical associations and tourism infrastructure has made the area a focus of efforts to integrate heritage preservation with regional tourism development.