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2020-11-18 17:40
Iranian police seize ancient relics from smugglers
TEHRAN –A number of historical objects have recently been confiscated from three smugglers in Shiraz, southern Fars province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage said on Monday, CHTN reported.
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2020-11-06 19:45
Confiscated smuggled relics up fourfold in Mazandaran
TEHRAN – Police in the northern province of Mazandaran has seized 2,044 historical objects from smugglers during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), showing a fourfold rise compared to the same period last year.
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2020-11-04 20:00
Antique coins, swords, dagger and pistol confiscated from smuggler
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have seized 12 antique objects, including coins, two swords, a dagger, and a pistol, from a smuggler in Quchan, northeastern Khorasan Razavi province.
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2020-10-31 19:30
‘Head’ of Achaemenid soldier found in passenger’s baggage
TEHRAN – A prehistorical bas-relief carving, depicting the head of an Achaemenid soldier, has recently been found in the baggage of a passenger during a routine police investigation near the city of Na’in, central Iran.
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2020-10-30 16:27
Millennia-old coins recovered from grave robber in Tehran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently discovered 141 historical coins, which have been estimated to date from the 4th century AH (913 CE – 1009 CE) in Tehran.
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2020-10-12 21:49
Smuggled ancient weapons, ornamentations confiscated
TEHRAN- Iranian authorities have recently seized 30 ancient relics from the home of an illegal smuggler in Eslamabad-e Gharb, western Kermanshah province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has said.
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2020-09-18 19:00
Iron-Age relics seized near Tehran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently confiscated 67 prehistoric objects, which were kept unlawfully at the home of a smuggler in Malard, Alborz province, some 35 km west of Tehran.
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2020-09-12 19:47
Police confiscate ancient relics from illegal excavators, antique dealers
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently seized several ancient relics from the home of an illegal excavator in northern Iran. And the objects are estimated to date back to the Parthian and early Islamic eras.
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2020-09-08 19:30
Haul of ancient relics confiscated from smugglers in southern Iran
TEHRAN- Iranian authorities have confiscated a number of historical relics, which are estimated to date back to the Safavid era (1501–1736), from smugglers in Bandar Abbas, the capital city of the southern Hormozgan province.
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2020-09-02 19:00
Millennia-old relics recovered in Zanjan
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently confiscated some historical relics, estimated to date back from 1st millennium BC to the Islamic era, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has said.
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2020-08-31 19:46
We have to hire 300,000 workers to enhance cultural heritage protection: minister
TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism minister has said that his ministry must hire 300,000 workers in a bid to enhance the protection of cultural heritage sites, relics, and monuments.
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2020-08-30 17:48
Iranian police bust gangs of illegal excavators
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently busted five gangs of illegal diggers and antique dealers in the past month in the northwestern West Azarbaijan province.
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2020-08-26 20:00
Police bust gang trading historical objects online
TEHRAN- Iranian authorities have recently busted a smuggling gang that was illegally trading ancient relics online in northern Mazandaran province.
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2020-08-24 19:00
Police seize over 100 historical relics in southeastern Iran
TEHRAN- A total of 110 historical objects have been confiscated in the southeastern Kerman province since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year 1399 (March 20), a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has said.
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2020-08-02 21:10
Relics dating back to Parthian, Samanid eras recovered
TEHRAN – Iranian police have confiscated ancient relics from five smugglers and illegal antique dealers in Zanjan, west-central Iran.
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2020-07-28 20:00
Iranian police bust gangs of illegal excavators
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently busted two gangs of illegal diggers and antique dealers in southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad and northern Golestan provinces.
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2020-07-18 22:14
Millennia-old coins recovered from antique dealers in Tehran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have confiscated 750 coins, which are estimated to date back to the 1st millennium BC, from illegal antique dealers in Tehran province.
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2020-07-17 19:29
Ruins of ancient ramparts, fortifications vandalized in north-central Iran
TEHRAN – Local vandals have severely damaged parts of the ruined ramparts and fortifications that centuries ago protected the ancient town of Damghan, now situated in north-central Iran.
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2020-07-12 20:30
Over 135,000 historical relics retrieved in 39 months
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recovered 135,879 original and fake historical objects from smugglers or illegal diggers over the past 39 months, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has said.
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2020-07-10 23:33
Ancient relics smuggled to Austria back home
TEHRAN - A batch of Iranian ancient relics, which had been smuggled to Austria, was recovered and surrendered to a representative of the Islamic Republic in Vienna on Thursday.
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2020-07-08 17:43
Prehistorical relics seized from smuggler in western Iran
TEHRAN - Iranian authorities have recently confiscated 167 relics from a smuggler in western Kermanshah province. The objects date back to the first and second centuries BC and middle Islamic eras as well.
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2020-07-07 20:00
Over 60 smuggled historical objects seized in Kerman
TEHRAN – Sixty four historical objects have been confiscated in the southeastern Kerman province during the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20), a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage said on Tuesday, IRNA reported.
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2020-07-06 18:22
IRGC, police coordinate plans on border security in Sistan-Balouchestan
TEHRAN — Commanders of Iran’s border police and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force have discussed plans to boost interaction in ensuring security along the country’s southeastern border.
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2020-07-03 20:30
Anthropology museum ‘cleaned out’ in downtown Tehran
TEHRAN – A burglar has ‘cleaned out’ a museum of anthropology, which is located within the premises of a centuries-old mansion called Sara-ye Kazemi in downtown Tehran.
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2020-06-21 01:15
Millennia-old relics confiscated in northwest Iran
TEHRAN – A batch of prehistorical relics, estimated to date from the time of Mannaeans in the early 1st millennium BC, has recently been seized from an antique dealer near the city of Bukan, West Azarbaijan province, northwest Iran.
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2020-06-14 17:58
Suspects arrested in Iran over recent arsons: police
TEHRAN — Iran’s Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari has announced that a number of suspects linked with the recent acts of arson in certain parts of the country have been arrested.
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2020-05-12 15:20
Police seize historical relics in northern Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently confiscated four historical objects form a smuggler in Bandargaz, northern Golestan province, Mehr reported on Monday.
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2020-04-27 22:22
Interpol seizes cache of ancient Iranian artifacts in Europe
TEHRAN – Police in a European country have seized a cache of ancient Iranian relics hidden at a safety-deposit box of a bank, ILNA reported on Monday.
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2020-04-24 20:30
Police seize Iron-Age relics in northern Iran
TEHRAN - Iranian authorities have recently confiscated tens of relics from a gang of illegal diggers and smugglers in northern Iran. The objects are estimated to date from the Iron Age to the Parthian era, CHTN reported on Wednesday.
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2020-04-12 20:30
Millennia-old bronze stamp recovered in northeast Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have confiscated a millennia-old bronze stamp in Naqab village, northeastern North Khorasan province, CHTN reported on Sunday.
