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US Hands Ancient Persian Bas-Relief Back to Iran

On the orders of a New York Supreme Court judge, a $1.2-million ancient Persian bas-relief has been handed back to Iran after more than 80 years of changing hands among smugglers, Press TV reports.

US 'Doesn't Know What it's Doing in Iran Backyard'

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized the presence of American military forces in the Persian Gulf and has questioned why US forces are “in Iran's backyard” some 7,000 miles away from home.

Blind tourist couple: Iran, culturally very rich

Iran has a rich and high culture as well as very great poets, acknowledged a blind Spanish couple who are regular globetrotters.

Takht-e-Jamshid (Persepolis)

Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550–330 BC). It is situated 60 km northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran.

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