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2019-11-30 19:21
Iranian police seize ancient relics from smuggler
TEHRAN – A number of ancient relics, estimated to date from prehistoric times to the [early] Islamic era, have recently been confiscated from a smuggler in Nahavand, Hamedan province, west-central Iran.
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2019-11-26 21:56
62 tons of drugs have been seized at borders over the last 8 months
TEHRAN – Over 62 tons of illicit drugs have been seized by Iranian security forces at border areas over the last eight months, Commander of Iran’s Border Police Brigadier General Qassem Reza’ei announced on Tuesday.
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2019-11-26 21:50
Protestors’ refusal to join rioters admirable, says police official
TEHRAN – The fact that from the very first hours demonstrators separated their path from rioters and thugs in the last week’s protests over increase in gasoline price testifies the people’s vigilance and this is admirable, Brigadier General Ayoub Soleimani, the deputy police chief, said on Tuesday.
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2019-11-25 20:03
Large batch of shotguns seized before gas price rise protests: TV
TEHRAN – Iranian security and intelligence forces have seized a large number of black shotguns over the last one and a half years, the national TV said in a report aired on Sunday, revealing that such guns were used during the riots in certain cities in Iran last week.
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2019-11-24 20:40
Timurid-era relics seized from a smuggler in Iran
TEHRAN – A haul of ancient relics, which is estimated to date back to the Timurid-era (1370–1507), has recently been confiscated from a smuggler in Zanjan, west-central Iran.
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2019-11-22 17:58
Over 2,000 ancient coins recovered by Iranian police
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently seized over 2,000 ancient coins from five smugglers and antique dealers, who were illegally keeping the relics in a hideout in Mashhad, northeast Iran.
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2019-10-13 18:10
Millennia-old coins recovered in northern Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently confiscated some 1,000 coins, reportedly dating back to three thousand years ago, from two antique smugglers in Miandorud, northern Mazandaran province.
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2019-10-02 20:35
Police recovers historical relics from antique dealer in Tehran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have confiscated tens of objects which are estimated to date from the 1st and 2nd millennium BC from an antique dealer in downtown Tehran.
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2019-09-27 19:11
Iran seizes 9 tons of narcotics destined for Europe
TEHRAN – The police have seized a huge shipment of illicit drugs destined for Europe in Orumiyeh, West Azarbaijan province, Iran’s Deputy Police Chief Ayoub Soleimani announced on Thursday.
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2019-09-18 19:22
20,000 traffic police forces on duty during Arbaeen pilgrimage
TEHRAN – During the Arbaeen pilgrimage, some 20,000 traffic police forces will stand guard to ensure the pilgrims’ safety, traffic police chief Seyed Kamal Hadianfar has announced.
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2019-09-02 19:11
47 pre-Islamic gold plaques seized from smugglers
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have seized 47 pieces of gold plaques dating back to pre-Islamic era, which were kept unlawfully by smugglers in Zanjan, western Iran.
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2019-07-30 21:20
Antiquities recovered from illegal diggers in western Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently confiscated nine pieces of historical relics form a gang of illegal diggers and antique dealers in Lorestan province, western Iran, Mehr reported on Monday.
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2019-07-13 21:34
Parthian, Safavid-era coins seized in northeast Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently confiscated four historical coins from two smugglers in Bojnourd, the capital of North Khorasan province.
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2019-07-06 17:40
Police foil bomb attack in southeastern Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian police have successfully diffused a bomb planted in a pressure cooker at a residential area in the southeastern city of Zahedan, capital of Sistan-Balouchestan province.
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2019-06-30 22:30
Iran forms economic security police to counter economic crimes
TEHRAN – The deputy chief of the police announced on Sunday that a new department has been established within police to counter economic disruption.
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2019-06-24 22:57
Iran confiscates 800 tons of narcotics in 3 months
TEHRAN – Deputy Police Chief Ayoub Soleimani said on Sunday the total amount of illicit drugs confiscated across the country over the past three months have reached 800 tons.
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2019-06-09 20:28
Police seize 400kg of narcotics in Yazd Province
TEHRAN – Police forces have seized 395 kilograms of narcotics in a single operation in the central province of Yazd, a provincial police commander said on Saturday, Mehr reported.
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2019-05-31 19:20
Iranian police recover haul of ancient relics
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently seized a haul of historical relics from a smuggler who was illegally embedded them in his car in Markazi province.
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2019-04-15 21:32
Iranian police seize historical relics in three provinces
TEHRAN - Iranian authorities have recently confiscated a number of historical relics and coins from smugglers in provinces of Markazi, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari and Tehran, Persian media reported.
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2019-03-13 21:45
Iran seizes 670 tons of narcotics in 11 months
TEHRAN – Iran’s police have seized 670 tons of narcotics over the past 11 months, the anti-narcotics police chief announced on Wednesday.
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2019-02-28 12:10
Achaemenid-era objects discovered in southern Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have confiscated seven prehistoric objects, which are estimated to date back to Achaemenid times, from smugglers in Rudan county, Hormozgan province, southern Iran.
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2019-02-26 22:35
6 tons of narcotics seized in Sistan-Baluchestan
TEHRAN – The Iranian police have confiscated a huge haul of narcotics in an armed clash in the border province of Sistan-Baluchestan, disbanding a big drug trafficking group in Mehrestan.
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2019-01-19 20:27
Police chief warns of plots to disrupt national unity
TEHRAN – Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari on Saturday warned of the enemy’s plots to disrupt national unity ahead of the upcoming rallies marking the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution.
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2018-12-27 09:48
Over 6800 historical objects retrieved in 9 months
TEHRAN - Police in Iran recovered 6810 historical objects from smugglers or illegal diggers over the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage said on Tuesday.
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2018-12-23 21:16
Police performance should be Confidence-Building: Ayatollah Khamenei
TEHRAN - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that performance of police forces should be “wise”, “Confidence-Building” and “reassuring” for the people.
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2018-11-17 22:50
Police seize historical relics in northern Iran
TEHRAN - Iranian authorities have recently confiscated 10 historical objects from five unauthorized diggers in Behshahr, northern Mazandaran province, CHTN reported on Saturday.
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2018-11-09 19:45
Policeman, known as living martyr, dies after 10 years in coma
TEHRAN - Seyyed Nourkhoda Mousavi Mofrad, known as “the living martyr” in Iran, died while in a comatose state on Tuesday.
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2018-10-31 20:51
Ancient sword, coins, ornaments recovered in southeast Iran
TEHRAN – The Iranian police have recently confiscated a sword, coins, personal ornamentations among other historical relics from two smugglers in southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province, ILNA reported.
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2018-10-27 18:52
Iranian police seize ancient coins in southwest
TEHRAN - Iranian authorities have recently confiscated 43 historical coins from two smugglers in Behbahan, southwestern Khuzestan province, IRNA reported.
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2018-10-16 20:17
Iran speeding up ‘smart police’ initiative
TEHRAN – The smart police project which has initiated years ago in Iran, is now being accelerated, General Saeid Montazer-al-Mahdi, the police spokesman, said on Monday, IRIB reported.
