Iranian police

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  • Iranian authorities seize Parthian coins from train passenger 2024-04-26 17:10

    Iranian authorities seize Parthian coins from train passenger

    TEHRAN - In a most recent move to safeguard ancient heritage, Iranian railway police have confiscated 73 coins dating back to the Parthian era from a passenger at Andimeshk railway station.

  • Officials 2023-10-09 22:46

    Foreign military attachés hold meeting at Imam Hassan University 

    TEHRAN – A group of foreign military attachés posted to Iran gathered on Monday morning for a meeting at the Imam Hassan University. 

  • Parthian, Sassanian, and Islamic coins recovered from smugglers 2023-08-21 23:27

    Parthian, Sassanian, and Islamic coins recovered from smugglers

    TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently recovered 10 historical silver coins from smugglers in Nahavand, a city in Hamadan province.

  • Centuries-old glazed pottery recovered by police 2023-08-07 21:00

    Centuries-old glazed pottery recovered by police

    TEHRAN - Police forces in charge of protecting cultural heritage have recently recovered a large glazed bowl from the home of a suspect in southwest Iran.

  • illegal excavators 2023-06-21 22:00

    Police arrest five illegal excavators in southwest Iran

    TEHRAN –On Tuesday, Iranian police arrested five illegal excavators and antique smugglers while digging for historical objects in a historical castle in southwestern Kohgiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has said.

  • Millennia-old relics 2023-06-05 20:45

    Millennia-old relics discovered in Zanjan

    TEHRAN –The Iranian police have recently discovered five historical clay relics in a small village in the northwestern province of Zanjan, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has said.

  • A haul of Sassanid coins documented 2023-03-05 21:30

    A haul of Sassanid coins documented

    TEHRAN – The Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism has recently restored and documented a haul of Sassanid coins previously confiscated by Police forces in Nahavand of Hamedan province.

  • illegal diggers 2023-02-21 19:09

    Police arrest illegal diggers in ancient Seymareh

    TEHRAN –The Iranian police have recently arrested three illegal excavators and antique smugglers in the ancient city of Seymareh, western Ilam province, the provincial tourism chief has said.

  • illegal excavators 2023-01-31 21:00

    Police arrest illegal excavators in northern Iran

    TEHRAN – The Iranian authorities have recently arrested five illegal diggers in Sari, the capital of the northern province of Mazandaran, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage, has said.

  • Relics dating to 2nd millennium BC recovered by police 2023-01-24 21:30

    Relics dating to 2nd millennium BC recovered by police

    TEHRAN– Iranian authorities have recently recovered relics estimated to date from the second millennium BC.

  • Police recover haul of Parthian relics from smugglers 2022-11-08 20:00

    Police recover haul of Parthian relics from smugglers

    TEHRAN–Iranian authorities have recently seized a haul of Parthian relics from smugglers in the Siahkal county of Gilan province.

  • Ancient relics 2022-10-19 20:00

    Ancient relics discovered in Lorestan 

    TEHRAN –Iranian police have recovered 40 ancient relics from a smuggler who was illegally embedded them in his car in western Lorestan province, the provincial tourism chief has said.

  • Police forces offer flowers to Tehrani citizens 2022-10-15 14:48

    Police forces offer flowers to Tehrani citizens

    Police forces offered flower and sweet to passersby at Vali Asr Square in central Tehran. It was done on Thursday night to celebrate the birth anniversary of the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh). The move shows police’s respect and devotion to people amid recent protests.

  • Millennia-old relics 2022-09-27 18:28

    Millennia-old relics discovered in northwest Iran

    TEHRAN – The Iranian police have recently discovered five clay relics, estimated to date back to the 1st millennium BC, in the northwestern province of Zanjan, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has said.

  • historical relics 2022-09-20 00:18

    Police discover 93 relics in Kerman

    TEHRAN—Iranian authorities have confiscated a total of 93 historical relics in the southern Kerman province over the past three months.

  • Unauthorized excavators detained red-handed 2022-09-11 21:00

    Unauthorized excavators detained red-handed

    TEHRAN—A police squad in charge of protecting cultural heritage has caught four suspects red-handed while they were illegally conducting excavations in a historical site in western Iran.

  • Police recover ancient objects, coins in southwest Iran 2022-09-06 21:00

    Police recover ancient objects, coins in southwest Iran

    TEHRAN – Police forces in charge of protecting cultural heritage have recently recovered 78 ancient objects and coins from the home of a suspect in southwest Iran.

  • Millennia-old relics 2022-08-17 21:30

    Millennia-old relics discovered in Zanjan

    TEHRAN–Iranian police have recently confiscated three clay relics, estimated to date back to the 1st millennium BC, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has said.

  • 11 historical relics recovered by Iranian police 2022-07-24 20:40

    11 historical relics recovered by Iranian police

    TEHRAN – Iranian police have recovered eleven relics from a smuggler in Kuhdasht, Lorestan province, ILNA reported on Saturday.

  • Illegal diggers 2022-06-27 21:30

    Illegal diggers arrested in northwest Iran

    TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently arrested five illegal excavators in Tabriz, northwestern East Azarbaijan province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has announced.

  • Sassanid coins 2022-06-22 17:09

    Tens of Sassanid coins recovered in central Iran    

    TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently confiscated some 350 ancient coins, which were illegally kept in a place in the central province of Markazi, the provincial tourism chief has said.

  • historical relics 2022-05-22 19:06

    Over 19,500 historical relics retrieved nationwide 

    TEHRAN - Iranian police have recovered more than 19,500 historical objects from smugglers or unauthorized diggers over the past Iranian year 1400 (ended on March 20), a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage said on Sunday.

  • illegal diggers 2022-05-11 20:00

    Police arrest illegal diggers in Alamut

    TEHRAN – The Iranian police have recently arrested four illegal excavators and antique smugglers in Alamut, a semi-mountainous region in Qazvin province, west-central Iran, the provincial tourism chief has said.

  • illegal diggers 2022-04-27 19:30

    Police arrest illegal diggers in Khorasan Razavi

    TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently arrested four illegal excavators and antique smugglers in Sarakhs, northeastern Khorasan Razavi province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has announced.

  • smuggler 2022-04-23 20:00

    Police seize historical relics from smuggler

    TEHRAN – A total of 11 historical objects have recently been confiscated from a smuggler in Gorgan, northern Golestan province, the provincial tourism chief has said. 

  • ancient relics 2022-04-15 21:00

    Iranian police seize ancient relics from smuggler

    TEHRAN – Six historical objects have recently been confiscated from a smuggler in Aligudarz, western Lorestan province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage said on Friday, CHTN reported.

  • ancient relics 2022-04-11 20:13

    523 ancient relics recovered in northern Iran

    TEHRAN – Iranian police have recovered 523 historical relics from a smuggler in Rudsar, northern Gilan province. 

  • Illegal diggers 2022-03-16 19:00

    Illegal diggers arrested in Fars 

    TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently arrested two illegal excavators in Kazerun, southern Fars province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has said.

  • Recovered relics 2022-03-15 22:03

    Recovered relics on show in Hormozgan

    TEHRAN – A selection of relics discovered by the Iranian police have been put on show at the Anthropological Museum of Bandar Abbas, southern Hormozgan province.