Tehran – Mission in Iran, between January 27 and February 6 for teachers and researchers of the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Salento: Giuseppe Ceraudo, Girolamo Fiorentino, Pier Francesco Fabbri, Claudia Minniti, Veronica Ferrari and Paola Guacci, with University of Copenhagen professor Enrico Ascalone, are leaving for the archaeological site of Shahr-e Sukhteh, where on the basis of a Protocol of Understanding recently signed betwwen “Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism” of the Islamic Republic and the University of Salento, it will be held a multidisciplinary research project. The signed agreement, founded on the initiative of Professor Francesca Baffi, Professor of Archaeology and History of the Ancient Near East, authorizes the University of Salento to operate and develop the research project in coordination with the competent Iranian authorities. (9colonne)