[MSN] Museum Theft. TEHRAN -- Three rare manuscripts were stolen from Tehran's Reza Abbasi Museum last week.

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Three rare manuscripts stolen from Reza Abbasi Museum
Tehran Times Art Desk


TEHRAN -- Three rare manuscripts were stolen from Tehran's Reza Abbasi
Museum last week. 


Two of the manuscripts were transcribed by Ahmad Neirizi and Mirza
Gholamreza, outstanding calligraphers of the Safavid and Qajar eras, museum
curator Mohammadreza Zahedi told the Persian service of CHN. 

He went on to say that the manuscripts were kept in the calligraphy hall of
the museum and were stolen after 4 pm when the museum closed, adding, "The
incident was immediately reported to the police, and more information will
be released after the police investigation is over." 

The museum was established in 1966 through the efforts of Aidin Aghdashlu
and several contemporary artists and was named after the most famous Safavid
era calligrapher, Reza Abbasi. It houses priceless artifacts and artworks
dating back to pre-Islamic times. 

The Reza Abbasi Museum is located on Shariati St. in the Seyyed Khandan
neighborhood. 

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