Arash Kamangir, Borujerd. Image via Wikipedia
Religious motives appearto be behind the recent theft of several bronze statues of Iranian national heroes from public places.
In the northern city Sari, authorities ordered the destruction of 16 bronze statutes depicting the Iranian mythological hero and archer Arash Kamangir on chariots and with horses.
But Arash Kamangir has been not been the only object of the Mullah’s rage:
Since the 1979 Islamic revolution however, the Islamic Republic has been hell bent on its anti-Iranian agenda. The regime fears all symbols of pre-Islamic Iran. In recent weeks, this anti-Iranian agenda has manifested itself in removing wall paintings that depicted the Epic stories of Shahnameh (Book of Kings) in Mashad, the removal of the statues of another Iranian legendary figure, Arash in Sari and now they want to remove the statue of Ariobarzanes in Yassuj.
Related:
- Cyrus’ cylinder, world’s oldest human rights charter, returns to Iran on loan (teaandpolitics.wordpress.com)
- Another pre-Islamic monument in danger (teaandpolitics.wordpress.com).
