Posted on 09/28/2013 12:34:59 PM PDT by ColdOne
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday brought home a 2,700-year-old Persian artifact the US administration gave him as "a special gift" to Iranians, media reports said.
"The Americans contacted us on Thursday and said 'we have a gift for you'," Rouhani told reporters upon arrival at the airport in Tehran, the ILNA news agency reported.
"They gave it back as a special gift to the Iranian nation."
Rouhani was speaking of a 7th century BC silver Persian drinking cup in the shape of a winged Griffin, a legendary creature with the head of an eagle and body of a lion.
It is reported to be worth more than a million dollars.
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Why a Griffin? It is also known as an eagle. So what is the message to Iran? An eagle ( America) is given to Iran as a guardian to Muslim supreme power.
Obama can’t get anyone to play with him.
I thought the Mexicans wanted Santa Anna’s wooden leg back. It was captured during the Mexican War by a Captain Robert E. Lee, and last I heard, it was in the museum of the Illinois National Guard.
I’m guessing the Elamites made that cup.
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