Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 A note on dates, translations, and transliterations 7 Glossary 9 List of Abbreviations 11 List of Figures 13 Acknowledgements 19 Introduction 21 The academic scope of the book 22 Underlying concepts 26 Methods of data collection and analysis: Unravelling the book's structure 32 Introduction 39 The first cycle: Assembling the conservation fundaments between two revolutions 40 The second cycle: Re-assembling conservation and heritage planning 65 The third cycle: A renewed endeavour to reform urban heritage assemblage 115 An introduction to Tehran's historic centre and its spatial-economic setting 147 Short stories around renewal, beautification, and place-making in Tehran's historic centre 154 Tehran's socio-spatial urban heritage assemblage 207 Urban heritage assemblage in Iran: A sequence of ephemeral territorialization endeavours foiled by de-territorializing forces 215 References 227 Index 265.