TEHRAN -- A collection of 29
historical objects of the period between five thousand years ago and the Islamic era was recently returned to Iran through the efforts of the Iranian cultural counselor in France.
They had been taken out of Iran by France’s ambassador to Iran during the Second World War.
These historical objects such as pottery pieces, and a pot made of pitch date back to the middle Ilam period.
The artifacts will remain on display through April 20.
The repatriated objects belong to different historical periods. They include an ancient piece of pottery that goes back to the bronze-age that is nearly 5,000 years ago.
The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts’ deputy for development of management and resources Saeed Owhadi said the repatriated objects belong to different historical periods.
“Over the past years, good steps have been taken for repatriation of historical objects. We had 19 important cases that covered 40,000 historical objects and with the follow-up of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts and Foreign Ministry as well as the Organization for Islamic Culture and Communications, these artifacts, which are part of the Iranian culture and civilization, returned to the country,” he said during the opening ceremony of the exhibition for the artifacts.