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2025-07-28 17:47
Nine historical artifacts seized near Tehran
TEHRAN – On Saturday evening, authorities discovered and confiscated nine earthen vessels dating back to the pre-Islamic and early Islamic periods in the old neighborhood of Jilard, Damavand, near Tehran.
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2025-07-21 17:22
Iranian police seize 3,000-year-old artifacts
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recovered 28 ancient bronze artifacts estimated to be over 3,000 years old during a traffic stop in Khorramdarreh, Zanjan province, local authorities said on Monday.
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2025-02-02 16:02
55 smuggled Iranian artifacts returned from Türkiye
TEHRAN – A collection of 55 Iranian artifacts has recently been returned home from Türkiye after months of being handed over to the country’s consulate in Erzurum.
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2025-01-22 22:38
Antiquities from 1st and 2nd millennia BC discovered western Iran
TEHRAN - The police chief of Kuhdasht, a city in Lorestan province, announced the discovery of three ancient artifacts dating back to the first and second millennia BC, as well as the Islamic period, in a local residential area.
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2024-12-10 17:15
Plans to safeguard 2800-year-old Urartu inscription announced
TEHRAN – East Azarbaijan’s deputy director for cultural heritage has shed light on ongoing efforts to protect the ancient Urartu-era cuneiform inscription in the Nashtiban region of the northwestern province.
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2024-09-16 17:58
Urartu-era cuneiform inscription vandalized in northwest Iran
TEHRAN - Treasure hunters have vandalized an ancient cuneiform inscription and Iron Age cemetery in East Azarbaijan province, northwest Iran.
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2024-09-10 18:16
Police seize haul of historical artifacts from smugglers at Tehran airport
TEHRAN - Iranian police forces have recently confiscated 1,956 historical relics from local and international smugglers at Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran.
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2024-08-18 18:11
Archaeologists urge creation of ‘anti-treasure hunting task force’
TEHRAN – A number of Iranian archaeologists have expressed their support for the establishment of an “anti-treasure hunting task force” aimed to preserve cultural heritage of the nation for future generations.
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2024-05-18 18:28
Recovered Achaemenid tablets from U.S. unveiled at National Museum
TEHRAN - A significant section of Achaemenid tablets, lately recovered from the United States, was unveiled today at the National Museum of Iran.
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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.
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2024-04-21 17:28
Coins, other relics recovered in Maragheh
TEHRAN – East Azarbaijan’s authorities have recovered hundreds of historical metal coins along with some other relics from a private residence in the village of Gol Tapeh.
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2024-04-15 18:18
Police recover illegally-held relics in northern Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have confiscated 33 historical relics from smugglers in the Rudbar region, northern Iran.
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2024-03-02 18:14
Illegal diggers arrested near Pasargadae
TEHRAN – The commander of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit in Fars province announced the arrest of four unauthorized excavators near Pasargadae in southern Iran.
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2024-01-21 17:25
38 historical relics recovered by police in western Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recovered 38 relics, which date back to various historical eras, from smugglers in Ilam province.
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2024-01-05 17:34
Police recover coins dating back to Seleucid, Parthian eras
TEHRAN – On Saturday, the tourism chief of Hamedan province announced the retrieval and seizure of 92 ancient coins dating back to the Seleucid-Parthian periods.
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2023-11-27 16:58
Tehran police recover artifacts dating from 2nd millennium BC to Islamic era
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recovered 32 relics from armed smugglers in Tehran. The objects have been estimated to date from the 2nd millennium BC to the early Islamic era.
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2023-09-13 22:48
298 relics recovered from smuggler's house in northern Iran
TEHRAN — Iranian authorities have recently recovered a haul of historical relics from the home of a smuggler in northern Iran.
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2023-09-03 23:01
IRGC intercepts ship smuggling over 50K liters of fuel
TEHRAN- Head of the Justice Department of the southern province of Hormozgan said on Saturday that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy had seized a tanker that was carrying thousands of gallons of illicit fuel in the Persian Gulf and detained the entire crew.
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2023-08-30 18:25
Relief of bearded man, recovered from the UK, passes microscopic tests
TEHRAN – The authenticity of a recently recovered bas-relief has been confirmed after it passed a series of special microscopic tests in a Tehran laboratory.
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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.
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2023-08-19 19:07
By Afshin Majlesi
Imamzadeh Yahya: a tragic tale of Iran’s stolen treasure
TEHRAN—In the late nineteenth century, Imamzadeh Yahya, a religious shrine in southeast Tehran, fell victim to the cruel hands of looters who saw an opportunity to profit from stolen treasures.
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2023-07-19 18:29
From soldier to prince: new perspective emerges on recovered Sassanian relief
TEHRAN – An Iranian researcher specializing in Sassanid bas-reliefs believes that a recently recovered relief from the UK depicts a prince or a man of royal blood, not a soldier.
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2023-07-10 18:41
Recovered Iranian carving seized by UK border patrol goes on show at National Museum
TEHRAN – This morning, an ancient Iranian carving returned by the UK after it was recovered from smugglers at Stansted airport was put on show at the National Museum of Iran in downtown Tehran.
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2023-07-04 22:38
Seljuk relics recovered from gold shop in northern Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently discovered several relics from a gold shop in Sari, the capital of Mazandaran province.
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2023-06-27 22:06
Sistan-Baluchestan weapon smuggling network disbanded
TEHRAN- Iranian security officials have dissolved a ring engaged in illegal importation of guns and ammunition in the country’s southeastern borer province of Sistan-Baluchestan and over a dozen persons were also detained during a series of operations.
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2023-06-24 18:43
UK returns smuggled ancient artifact to Iran
TEHRAN – The Iranian embassy in London has received a smuggled relief of a bearded man believed to originate from the Sassanian Empire (ca 224 – 651 CE).
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2023-05-24 17:35
Tehran museum puts relics recovered from smugglers on display
TEHRAN – Over 400 ancient artifacts recovered from smugglers are on view at the National Museum of Iran in downtown Tehran.
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2023-05-14 21:29
Measures taken to return looted Sassanid relief home from England, Iran tourism minister says
TEHRAN – Necessary measures have been taken to return a smuggled Sassanid relief home from England, the Iranian tourism minister has said.
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2023-05-09 18:50
Ancient relics recovered by police
TEHRAN– Iranian authorities have recently confiscated some coins and other antiquities from the home of a suspect in the ancient city of Neyshabur.
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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.