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The building housing Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's presidential museum in Rafsanjan, Iran, has been added to the national heritage list, announced on Tuesday. Provincial tourism chief Seyyed Moayyed Mohsen-Nejad said the building, which also houses the documents center and library, was registered under No. 34569 after its dossier was approved by the National Heritage Registration Council. He said the listing recognizes the building's national and historical significance and could support cultural tourism in Kerman province. The museum holds official and unofficial gifts given to the Iranian government by individuals, organizations and foreign countries during Rafsanjani's presidency from 1989 to 1997, along with documents on diplomatic relations. The collections are supervised by the National Library and Archives Organization of Iran. The building has three main floors, two mezzanines and about 5,000 square meters of floor area, and its design combines a sphere and a cube. Separately, Tehran Times reported that the Dafineh museum group has proposed an international council of Islamic world museums, a proposal expected to be examined by ICRO.