Iranian President Hassan Rohani has brought home a 2,700-year-old Persian artefact the US administration gave him as "a special gift" to Iranians. "The Americans contacted us on Thursday and said 'we have a gift for you'," Rohani told reporters upon arrival at the airport in Tehran.
After being looted from a cave in Iran, the cup was seized by US customs officials in 2003 when an arts dealer attempted to smuggle it into the country, according to a State Department tweet.
Rohani made history on Friday by speaking on the phone to US President Barack Obama in the first contact between Iranian and American leaders since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Follow us on Telegram
t.me/apanewsaz
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on TikTok
Follow us on Facebook
Follow us on X
