Sassanid relief, which was smuggled out of the coury about 35 years ago, was unveiled in Tehran after returning to the coury and confirming its historical autheicity.
“Emine figure of a high-ranking Sassanid man” was unveiled in Tehran after confirming its historical autheicity. This petroglyph was smuggled from Iran to the UAE and then Britain about 35 years ago.
The Sassanid figure, which was returned to Iran from Britain on July 7th, has been exhibited in the National Museum of Iran from July 19th to 31st.
Jabreil Nokandeh, the head of the National Museum of Iran, said that this relief is Sassanid and made of lime.
Ali Darabi, the deputy of cultural heritage and deputy of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts also said:
According to the 1970 conveion, the Islamic Republic of Iran is seriously pursuing the return of historical objects, and in the rece Chinese summit, the proposal of cooperation between member couries and the extensive efforts of iernational couries to return historical objects was proposed.
He recalled:
In the 13th governme, 30 historical works were returned to the coury with the cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, the Legal Vice Preside, the Culture and Communication Organization, and the Iernational Police. became.
According to him, before this, brick slabs were returned to Iran from France and all these works will be exhibited during the governme week.
Darabi added:
We have 30 Sassanid bas-reliefs in cultural Iran, and this relief was transferred to the Emirates during the war, and then recorded at the London airport, and because it was damaged during the transfer, it was restored and exhibited in the British Museum for three mohs, and then returned to Iran with the necessary formalities. given. It was necessary for this promine character to spend the quaraine period, and 12 experts had a mission of autheicating it, which was approved.
He further said:
I asked the head of the cultural heritage research institute to form a joi committee with the research institute and cultural heritage regarding these works and other works, and to carry out coinuous and world-class autheicity checks.
Morteza Adibzadeh, the director general of museums and historical properties of the coury, also confirmed the historical autheicity of this work and said that it is very likely that this relief was taken from southern Persia.
According to what the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts has announced, this petroglyph was most likely taken illegally from the southern waters of the coury to the UAE in 1988, around 1367 AD, at the same time as the Iraq-Iran war. In 2016, it was seized at an airport in London and handed over to the British Museum.
This petroglyph, whose discovery was announced in April 1402 and after about seven years was revealed by the Guardian newspaper, was displayed in the British Museum for three mohs and then returned to Iran.
