Last month, US and Israel bombing of Iran caused significant damage to cultural heritage sites - the most serious confirmed damage has been to Tehran’s Golestan Palace, dating to the 14th century, and the 17th-century Chehel Sotoon Palace in Isfahan. Australian archaeologist and tour leader Dr John Tidmarsh knows the region well and is dismayed at the impacts of successive wars on cultural sites across the Middle East. 

Guest: 

• Dr John Tidmarsh, archaeologist at the University of Sydney and tour leader for Academy Travel