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2021-09-08 22:00
Five excavators arrested in northwest Iran
TEHRAN – Police have recently detained five unauthorized diggers in an archaeologically rich province in northwest Iran.
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2021-09-05 21:00
Iran police arrest suspected smugglers, seize treasures
TEHRAN – Iranian police arrested two women suspected of smuggling ancient artifacts and recovered 495 pieces of ancient coins and other treasures in Khuzestan province.
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2021-08-31 20:20
Iranian police recover Achaemenid artifact
TEHRAN – Police in southern Iran have found the base of an ancient column, believed to be belonging to ruins of the UNESCO-designated Persepolis.
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2021-08-01 20:29
Iranian police seize ancient relics from smuggler
TEHRAN – Three historical objects have recently been confiscated from an antique dealer in west-central Iran.
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2021-07-14 20:30
Iranian police seize relics from smuggler
TEHRAN – Some historical objects have recently been confiscated from an antique dealer in Alborz province near the capital Tehran, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage said on Wednesday, CHTN reported.
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2021-07-02 20:00
Illegal diggers arrested in northern Iran
TEHRAN –Iranian police have recently arrested five illegal excavators and antique smugglers in Rudbar county, the northern province of Gilan, CHTN reported on Friday.
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2021-06-21 18:11
Tomb raider arrested in ancient Elamite realm
Tehran-Iranian police have arrested a grave robber in the archeological site of Haft Tappeh, which was once part of the ancient Elamite kingdom in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, CHTN reported on Monday.
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2021-06-20 19:30
Illegal diggers arrested in western Iran
TEHRAN - Iranian authorities have recently arrested seven unauthorized excavators and antique smugglers in Selseleh county, the western province of Lorestan, CHTN reported on Sunday.
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2021-06-14 18:40
Illegal excavators arrested in northern Iran
TEHRAN - Iranian police have recently arrested five illegal excavators and antique smugglers in Gorgan, northern Golestan province, CHTN reported on Monday.
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2021-06-08 20:30
Police arrest illegal excavators in northern Iran
TEHRAN –Iranian authorities have recently arrested four illegal excavators and antique smugglers in Sari, the capital of Mazandaran province, CHTN reported on Tuesday.
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2021-05-24 12:00
Iranian police arrest gang of illegal excavators
TEHRAN - Iranian police have recently busted a gang of illegal diggers in Bostan-Abad, northwestern East Azarbaijan province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has announced.
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2021-05-14 20:30
Iranian police seize relics from smugglers
TEHRAN – Some 20 historical objects have recently been confiscated from three smugglers in Kuhdasht, western Lorestan province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage said on Friday, CHTN reported.
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2021-05-08 21:00
Iranian police bust gang of illegal excavators
TEHRAN – A gang of illegal diggers has been arrested by the Iranian police in Arsanjan of Fars province.
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2021-05-07 19:00
Pre-historic potteries recovered from illegally excavated site
TEHRAN –Iranian police have recently recovered 27 prehistorical potteries from an illegal excavation site situated in the ancient hill of Monjuq in Tarom, northwestern Zanjan province.
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2021-05-02 20:30
Gang of excavators arrested in northwestern Iran
TEHRAN –Iranian police have recently arrested a gang of illegal diggers in Khodabandeh county, northwestern Zanjan province.
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2021-04-30 19:30
Iranian police seize ancient relics from smuggler
TEHRAN – A total of thirteen historical objects have recently been confiscated from a smuggler in Hamedan, according to a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage.
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2021-04-21 20:00
National plan implemented to fight hoarding of essential goods
TEHRAN – The first nationwide plan to intensify the fight against hoarding of basic goods was implemented across the country for 72 hours last week, Mohammad Reza Moghimi, the police chief, said on Wednesday.
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2021-04-03 21:00
Police seize Parthian-era jugs from smuggler
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently confiscated two earthenware jugs from a smuggler in the city of Abhar, west-central Zanjan province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has said.
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2021-04-02 12:58
Iranian police arrest 301 individuals for smuggling goods
TEHRAN – The Iranian police arrested 301 individuals for smuggling goods worth 278 billion rials (about $6.5 million) on Thursday.
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2021-03-12 16:58
Iranian police seize $3b of smuggled goods, currency
TEHRAN – Smuggled goods and currency worth 126 trillion rials (nearly $3 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials) have been discovered across the country over the past eleven months, Mohammad Reza Moghimi, the police chief, has announced.
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2021-03-07 21:53
Prehistorical, Islamic-era relics donated to cultural heritage department
TEHRAN – A total of 16 historical relics, which date back to the prehistorical and early Islamic times, have recently been donated to the cultural heritage and tourism directorate of Kerman province, southeast Iran.
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2021-03-01 21:00
Gang of excavators arrested in western Iran
TEHRAN – A gang of illegal diggers has been arrested by the Iranian police in Bedreh, western Ilam province.
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2021-02-20 17:21
$2.8b of drug traffickers’ assets confiscated
TEHRAN – Iranian police have seized illegally acquired assets of drug traffickers worth 120 trillion rials (nearly $2.8 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials) over the past 10 months, IRNA reported on Saturday.
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2021-02-14 21:00
Millennia-old relics recovered in Kordestan
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently confiscated some historical relics from three smugglers in Saqqez county, western Kordestan province, CHTN reported on Sunday.
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2021-02-08 21:04
Iranian police seize millennia-old jug from smuggler
TEHRAN –An earthenware jug, estimated to date back to 5,000 years before the Bronze Age, has recently been confiscated from a smuggler in the western province of Lorestan, a senior police official has announced.
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2021-02-01 21:35
Three individuals arrested for illegal excavations
TEHRAN – Iranian police have arrested three people while committing illegal excavations at an ancient site in Choram county of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, the provincial tourism chief has announced.
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2021-02-01 21:32
Illegal construction tore down in ancient Neyshabur
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently demolished a brick construction that was illegally developing within the legitimate boundaries of ancient Neyshabur in northeast Iran.
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2021-01-25 17:59
Some 12,000 historical objects retrieved in 9 months
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recovered 12,000 original historical objects from smugglers or illegal diggers over the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-December 20, 2020), a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage said on Sunday.
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2021-01-24 20:00
Iranian police bust gang of illegal diggers
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently busted a gang of illegal excavators in a historical site in Sarchehan county, southern Fars province, a provincial tourism official has said.
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2021-01-03 20:42
Iranian police arrest illegal excavators in Alamut
TEHRAN - Iranian police have recently busted a gang of illegal diggers in Alamut, a semi-mountainous region in Qazvin province, west-central Iran.
