Iranian police

2025-09-26 17:36

Cultural heritage ministry hails wider ties with Iranian police

TEHRAN-- The Cultural Heritage Protection Unit needs support and strengthened cooperation with the Iranian police's counterterrorism unit, known as FARAJA, said Cultural Heritage Minister Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri in a meeting with the Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Police Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Radan on Friday.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.