Haft Tappeh and Tchogha Zanbil World Heritage Base was first established with the purpose of restoring Dūr Untaš city, mainly its ziggurat and massive constructions, and giving a better introduction about it to the world. Having executed preliminary plans, new opportunities gradually arose for investigation, preservation and introduction of this world heritage, and further, its cultural context. New attitudes and modern approaches to the country’s cultural heritage as well as universal experiences formed more profound perceptions of the ancient sites. Such perceptions caused the goals, perspectives, and fields of activities to broaden gradationally.

Relying on such new perceptions and approaches, the World Heritage Base of Tchagha Zanbil and Haft Tappeh has redefined its goals and perspectives:

• Study, identification, research, monitoring, introduction, training and promoting preservation, reviving, and clever exploitation of the world heritage, its related sites and peripheral cultural-natural context
• Constant preservation and conservation of the historical remnants of Haft Tappeh and Tchogha Zanbil World Heritage complex based on the global rules for restoration and preservation of mud-brick ruins
• Introducing rich culture and civilization of the region and its cultural, historical and natural potentials relying on the Elamite period and benefitting from its advantages and capacities for consolidating and elevating the status of Elamite civilization both in Iran and in the whole world
• Developing an integrated, efficient, and beneficiary-participation-based management system preservation and safeguarding the world heritage and its natural-historical context in line with international scientific and technical world-heritage-preservation standards
• Increasing public awareness and empowering local communities in order to enhance the cultural capital coming from the historical sites under the base’s direction
• Developing capacities and raising present capabilities in the spheres of (tangible and intangible) cultural and natural heritages, art, traditional knowledge, local technology, handicrafts and tourism of the region
• Achieving the true status for the base as a cynosure for Elamite studies in the world through communication and collaboration with great Elamologists of the world
• Interaction with both national and international scientific, cultural and educational centers with the purpose of acquiring new scientific data and employing them in preserving and introducing under-management relics
• Obtaining appropriate scientific research standards for setting good examples in protection and preservation of cultural and historical values as well as education and training the personnel in their expertise
• Planning, control and support for initiating tourism services and facilities and also promoting local handicrafts according to the national and international regulations as well as local communities and tourists’ needs and conditions
• Attempt at training expert workforce for preserving the complex, building relations with domestic and foreign universities, holding educational workshops, and utilizing scientific studies for introducing the site and its dependencies