1784 Iranian historic objects to be repatriated from US
By Trend
Some 1784 Iranian historic objects will be repatriated from US, Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization Ali Asghar Munesan said, Trend reports referring to IRNA.
Munesan made the remarks while visiting Pars tourism exhibition in Shiraz, Fars province on Wednesday night.
The permission to repatriate these clay tablets which belong to Persepolis has been issued by US Treasury Department, he said.
About 11,000 objects have been estimated to exist in Chicago University, he added.
On the pretext of sanctions, the objects were said to be delivered in the US, he said, adding that we hope to receive them in The Hague.
They said that the remaining objects will be delivered in a three-year period but we did not accept and are negotiating to get them sooner, Munesan said.
---
Follow us on Twitter @AzerNewsAz
Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.
Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.
By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.
You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter @AzerNewsAz or Facebook @AzerNewsNewspaper
Thank you!