Disputed Persian artifacts one step closer to home
TEHRAN –Following years of ups and downs, the fate of some ancient Persian artifacts, on loan from Iran to the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago since the 1930s, was left in the hands of an international court, this time in favor of Iran. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that American citizens injured in a 1997 suicide bombing in Jerusalem cannot seize the artifacts to satisfy a $71.5 million court judgment against Iran, as compensation, Reuters reported. The artifacts, including at least 30,000 clay tablets and ...
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