Iillegal excavators

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  • Tens of historical artifacts recovered in Hamedan  2024-07-03 18:04

    Tens of historical artifacts recovered in Hamedan 

    TEHRAN – Police have confiscated tens of historical artifacts in Hamedan province during the first three months of the current Persian year (started on March 20). 

  • Illegal diggers arrested near Pasargadae 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • metal detector 2022-11-02 21:00

    Illegal excavators arrested in Gilan

    TEHRAN –The Iranian police have recently arrested four unauthorized diggers in Rudsar county, the northern province of Gilan.  

  • Recovered relics to go on show in Ardabil 2022-05-16 19:07

    Recovered relics to go on show in Ardabil

    TEHRAN – Collections of recovered relics will go on show at a special exhibition in the city of Ardabil, northwest Iran.

  • antique smugglers  2022-01-12 21:00

    Iranian police arrest 5,000 excavators, antique smugglers 

    TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have arrested 5,000 illegal diggers and antique dealers across the country since the beginning of the current Iranian year 1400 (March 21, 2021), a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage said on Wednesday. 

  • illegal excavators 2021-12-06 20:00

    Police bust gang of illegal excavators near Alamut Castle

    TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently busted a gang of illegal diggers in Alamut, a semi-mountainous historical region in Qazvin province, west-central Iran, CHTN reported on Monday.

  • illegal excavators 2021-09-21 21:30

    Police bust gang of illegal excavators in southwest Iran

    TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently busted a gang of illegal diggers in Khanmirza county, southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, the provincial tourism chief has announced. 

  • Ancient coins 2021-08-11 19:00

    Ancient coins confiscated from illegal excavator

    TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have seized some ancient coins from an illegal digger in the western province of Ilam, the provincial tourism chief announced on Wednesday.