Renovations at a historical house in Arak, Markazi Province, belonging to Amir Kabir, an iconic, revered political figure in Iran's history, were completed, a provincial official said.
"The project to repair and restore the House of Mirza Taghi Khan Farahani, known as Amir Kabir, in Hazaveh village near Arak has finished at the cost of 5.8 billion rial," said Mohammad Hosseini, head of the provincial office of Iran's Cultural heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.
He said the ancient house was inscribed on the National Heritage List in 2010 and the revival project took about five years to complete, IRNA reported.
The house, covering an area of 815 square meters, saw a flurry of restoration work in the past two years, following a period of suspension in the face of a budget squeeze, Hosseini said.
"The family house and birth home of Amir Kabir had been left abandoned and decaying, but despite the financial constraints facing Markazi Province's cultural heritage organization, the renovation project was given a high priority over the past two years."
A Luminary in Persian History
Amir Kabir (1807-1852) served three years as chief minister before being murdered at the order of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar.
The assassination was part of a plot by the shah's mother who had him under her thumb and was fed up with Amir Kabir challenging her decisions.
Naser al-Din Shah suffered the same fate in 1896, when he was assassinated by Mirza Reza Kermani.
Amir Kabir is known for his great reforms that transformed Iran's political and cultural landscapes.
One of his most influential initiatives was the foundation of the Darolfonoon in Tehran, which ushered in an educational revolution.
