Visitors attend an exhibition entitled the Repatriated Boukan Glazed Brick Collection from Switzerland, at Iran's National Museum in Tehran on April 16, 2022. - It took more than 40 years, after a deadly conflict with Iraq and a gruelling legal battle with looters, for Iran to recover and display a stolen treasure in its national museum. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Visitors attend an exhibition entitled the Repatriated Boukan Glazed Brick Collection from Switzerland, at Iran's National Museum in Tehran on April 16, 2022. - It took more than 40 years, after a deadly conflict with Iraq and a gruelling legal battle with looters, for Iran to recover and display a stolen treasure in its national museum. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
A visitor attends an exhibition entitled the Repatriated Boukan Glazed Brick Collection from Switzerland, at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A visitor attends an exhibition entitled the Repatriated Boukan Glazed Brick Collection from Switzerland, at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A visitor attends an exhibition entitled the Repatriated Boukan Glazed Brick Collection from Switzerland, at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A visitor attends an exhibition entitled the Repatriated Boukan Glazed Brick Collection from Switzerland, at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Antiquities repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran on April 16, 2022.
Antiquities repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran on April 16, 2022.
Boukan glazed bricks repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Boukan glazed bricks repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
A Boukan glazed brick repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Antiquities repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Antiquities repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
An antiquity repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
An antiquity repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Boukan glazed bricks repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Boukan glazed bricks repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Boukan glazed bricks repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Boukan glazed bricks repatriated from Switzerland on display at Iran's National Museum in Tehran.
Jebrael Nokandeh, curator of Iran's National Museum in Tehran, speaks about the repatriated Boukan glazed brick collection from Switzerland during an interview with AFP.
Jebrael Nokandeh, curator of Iran's National Museum in Tehran, speaks about the repatriated Boukan glazed brick collection from Switzerland during an interview with AFP.

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Recovered stolen artefacts on display at Iran's National Museum - in pictures

It took more than 40 years, after a deadly conflict with Iraq and a gruelling legal battle with looters, for Iran to recover and display stolen treasures

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April 19, 2022

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