Reza Derakhshani’s “Simorgh Hunting” fetches about $250,000 at Tehran Auction

TEHRAN – “The Simorgh Hunting”, a mixed media on canvas by Reza Derakhshani, sold at the 16th Tehran Auction on Friday for 80 billion rials (about $250,000 based on Iran’s free-market exchange rate: $1 = 320,060 rials), a price that made it the most expensive artwork sold at the national sale.