Persian artifacts on display
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IRAN is displaying hundreds of ancient and Persian artifacts, some dating back as far as 3,500 years. All of them have been recently brought back home from museums and collections in Western countries.
Mohammad Hassan Talebian, deputy head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran, said that all the items on display were repatriated over the past two and a half years from England, Belgium, Italy and the United States.
He credits the improved relations between Tehran and the West in the wake of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal for helping make the process possible.
“The atmosphere after the nuclear deal was very important,” Talebian said. “It made it easy to bring back all these objects home.”
The special exhibit, which opened on Monday in Tehran’s National Museum, displays 558 different artifacts. They include hunting tools and stitching needles from the Iron Age and a pair of necklaces dating back more than 2,000 years to the Achaemenid Empire founded by Cyrus the Great — the high point of the Persian rule.
Among the oldest items on display are dozens of clay bowls, jugs and engraved coin coins dating back 3,500 years and formerly housed in the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute.
Iran and the United States have not had diplomatic relations since 1979.
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