Friday, October 11, 2024

First Exhibition of Persian Decorative Art Opens in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s first and most comprehensive exhibition of Persian decorative arts has just opened at the Liang Yi Museum, coinciding with the start of the Persian New Year. “The Blue Road: Mastercrafts from Persia” showcases...

Iranian Officials Recover Missing Equestrian Artefacts from Museum Collection

Authorities in Tehran have recovered several valuable artifacts that had gone missing when a historic equestrian collection was moved from the Ghasre Firouzeh Museum to its new home at the Sports, Olympic and Paralympic...

Louvre Museum Stages Exhibition in Tehran

The Louvre Museum has just opened the first large-scale exhibition organized by a major Western museum in Iran. Held at the National Museum of Iran, “The Louvre in Tehran” traces the creation of the...

Historic Shiraz Homes Are Wrecked in Shah Cheraq Mosque Expansion

Mehdi Hajati, a member of the Shiraz City Council, has posted video footage on his Twitter page showing the demolition of historic homes around the Shah Cheraq funerary monument and mosque (dating back to...

UNESCO Inscribes Iranian City of Yazd on World Heritage List

The ancient city of Yazd just became the 22nd site in Iran to be inscribed by UNESCO on its World Heritage List. In announcements earlier this month, the U.N. organization ranked Yazd and a...

U.S. Top Court Wary Over Allowing Seizure of Ancient Persian Artifacts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism on Monday over whether ancient Persian artifacts held in a Chicago museum can be seized to pay for a $71 million court judgment against Iran...

Protesters at Iran’s World Heritage Sites Demand Unpaid Salaries

On January 28, workers at the Chogha Zanbil-Haft Tapeh World Heritage site — an ancient Elamite complex founded in 1,200 B.C. in the southwestern province of Khuzestan — staged a protest against four months...

U.S. Top Court Forbids Seizure of Ancient Persian Artefacts

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Americans injured in a 1997 suicide bombing in Jerusalem cannot seize ancient Persian artefacts from a Chicago museum to satisfy a...