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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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2021-02-03 21:23
Iranian police seize 740 well-crafted fake coins
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have seized 740 fake coins from a gang of antique dealers and smugglers in the ancient town of Namin, northwest Iran.
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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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2020-07-10 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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2020-04-27 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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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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2019-11-24 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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2019-10-13 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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2019-09-02 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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2019-07-13 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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2019-07-05 13:05
Iran’s Expediency Council secretary calls for seizing British tanker in retaliation
TEHRAN – Secretary of the Expediency Council (EC) has said Iran should seize a British oil tanker if London doesn’t release the Iranian tanker which was illegally seized by its forces.
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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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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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2018-10-27 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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2018-08-21 00:42
More Bronze-Age objects recovered in Jiroft
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently confiscated 11 Bronze-Age objects from smugglers in Jiroft. The seizure comes days after the police recovered three of same-age relics there.
