Police rejects new statue theft reports

Tehran's deputy police chief Hossein Sajedinia has dismissed media reports about more statue thefts over the past two days in the Iranian capital city.

“There have been reports of new statue thefts in the media, which are not true,” Sajedinia told Mehr News Agency.

“One of the reports was about the bust of Persian poet Abu-Said Abul-Khayr, which was not stolen but set on fire during the post-election unrest,” he added.

A police investigation has been launched into the serial theft of bronze statues across Tehran.

A total of ten bronze busts of social, cultural and literary figures have been stolen in the capital, since the start of Nowruz (Persian New Year) in late March.

The bust of contemporary Persian poet Mohammad Hossein Shahriar was the first to be stolen from the courtyard of Tehran's City Theater. The last stolen statue belongs to Persian polymath, Avicenna.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=125430§ionid=3510212.