Iran Press/ Europe: Seyyed "Mahdi Hosseini-Matin" stated in the gathering of journalists in London, referring to the existence of thousands of pieces of ancient Iranian artifacts in Britain, said the Iranian embassy in London, after about seven years of pursuit, was able to prove Iran's ownership on the very valuable ancient artifact.
One of them is a stone statue representing a soldier related to the Sassanid era, to make arrangements for the return of this work to Iran, he added.
The chargé d'affaires of the Iranian embassy in London added that this ancient artifact was discovered and confiscated by the British Stansted airport border agents.
The chargé d'affaires of the Iranian embassy in London said, unfortunately, the follow-up of the Iranian embassy in London about how to smuggle this antiquity was not successful, and the British organized crime police also announced that the person who claimed to be the owner of this statue was not involved in its smuggling.
Referring to the ancient civilization and ancient artifacts and valuable ancient objects in Iran, Hosseini Matin said, for this reason, many ancient artifacts and antique objects have been brought from Iran to Britain.
The chargé d'affaires of the Iranian embassy in London stated that these valuable Iranian objects are sometimes sold officially and sometimes unofficially, and in some cases, the British police find out and confiscate them and give them to the national museum of this country.
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