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  • Iran wants disputed clay tablets returned from US

    07/17/2006 11:18:34 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 19 replies · 458+ views
    Reuters / Yahoo ^ | Wed Jul 12, 2006 | Edmund Blair
    The 2,500-year-old Persian tablets, which have been studied for decades at the University of Chicago, give a unique insight into the workings of the Persian empire with cuneiform etchings of payments and rations made to priests, guards and workers... those still under study are at the center of an Israeli compensation suit connected to a shooting in the West Bank blamed on an Iranian-backed group. A U.S. court has ruled that Iran's assets can be seized and last month a U.S. judge upheld the ruling, prompting a new campaign by Iran to secure the tablets' return, including an appeal to...