Another bust stolen in Tehran

Serial thieves have stolen another bronze statue of a historic Iranian intellectual in the capital of Tehran, bringing the number of the city's lost busts to nine.

The bronze statue of the prominent Iranian scholar of Persian literature and Iranology, Mohammad Mo'in, also known as 'Ostad Mo'in', has been stolen only a month after being unveiled to the public in the city of Tehran.

Tehran Municipality's Statue Office Director Mojtaba Mousavi told Fars news agency on Saturday that the thieves are still managing to steal public art works despite efforts to capture them.

Mousavi further pointed out that district municipalities are responsible for protecting the statues but added that it is impossible to employ guards for them.

Since the start of the Persian New Year's holidays, a total of nine bronze busts of historic Iranian luminaries have been stolen in the capital.

The Iranian official had previously said that the thieves generally smash the statues into smaller pieces or melt them for easy sale.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=125160§ionid=351020105.