Disappeared statues in Tehran, 2010

Disappeared statues in Tehran refers to a series of robberies committed during the months of April and May 2010 in Tehran, Iran, when twelve bronze statues of national heroes disappeared from public places for unknown reasons.^[1] Tehran officials treated the incidents as theft, while others^[who?] have suggested that it may have been a deliberate removal by the government or religious groups. In June 2010, Tehran municipality officials asked the sculptors to remanufacture the sculptures.^[2]

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who at the time was the mayor of Tehran, stated in an announcement that Iranian police were pursuing the issue.^[2]^[3]

List of missing statues

	Name	Stead	Sculptor
1	Sattar Khan^[4]	Satar Khan Street	Shahriar Zarabi
2	Bagher Khan^[4]	Shahr-e Ara Street	Shahriar Zarabi
3	Sanei-e Kh'atam [fa]^[4]	Mellat Park	Hamid Shans
4–5	Zendagi (Life), Unknown^[4]	Two Statues	Mohamad Madadi – Fateme Emdadian
6	Shahriar^[4]	Across to Ta'atr-e Shahr (Daneshjoo Park)	Ali Ghah'ari
7–8	Shariati^[4]	Shariati Park	Hamid Shans
9	M'adar va Farzand (Mother and Child)^[4]	Shahrak-e Gharb	Hojabr Ebrahimi
10	Avicenna^[4]	Behjat Abad Park	Uzra Abdul-Nabi
11	Calf^[5]	University of Tehran
12	Esteghl'al Park's Bronze Sculpture	Esteghl'al Park^[3]	Ruhullah Shamsi-Zada

References

^ Sinaiee, Maryam (2010-05-05). "Brazen thieves are taking Tehran's bronze statues". The National. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
^ ^a ^b شهرداری تهران به مجسمه سازان: دوباره بسازید (in Persian). BBC. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
^ ^a ^b مجسمه منتخب دوسالانه مجسمه سازی هم دزدیده شده است (in Persian). 4 May 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h دهمین مجسمه تهران هم ربوده شد (in Persian). Khabar Online. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
^ مجسمه "گوساله" واقع در صحن دانشکده دامپزشکی دانشگاه تهران به سرقت رفت. (in Persian). Aftab News. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

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