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2025-01-17 17:51
Iran takes legal action to seize historic coins sold at foreign auction
TEHRAN – Iran’s General Directorate of Museums has announced that it has initiated legal measures to stop the sale of two historic coins at a foreign auction house.
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2024-09-25 13:33
Climber Alipour auctions his smart phone for children
TEHRAN – Iranian speed climber Reza Alipour auctioned his smart phone in support of destitute children.
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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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2023-10-28 17:48
Christie’s halts sale of Quran bifolio allegedly stolen from Iran museum
TEHRAN – Christie’s has canceled the sale of a Quran bifolio after some cultural heritage activists claimed it had been stolen from an Iranian museum.
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2023-10-25 17:23
400-year-old Iranian carpet up for sale at Christie’s in London
TEHRAN – A majestic Persian carpet, handwoven some 400 years ago during the Safavid era, is up for sale at Christie’s in London with a pre-sale estimate of £2-3 million.
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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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2023-05-02 21:17
Profit or loss? giant citadel up for auction to be ceded to private investors
TEHRAN – Arg-e Rayen, a giant adobe castle in southern Iran, will soon be up for grabs in an auction to be temporarily ceded to the private sector reportedly aimed at achieving higher productivity and better maintenance.
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2021-12-11 21:35
By Afshin Majlesi
Sold! Iranian treasures went under the hammer in London auction
TEHRAN – On December 8, two majestic royal gold plaques among other ancient Iranian treasures went under the hammer for hundreds of thousands of pounds at Christie’s in London.