French minister welcomes breakthrough exhibition in Iran amid tensions over nuclear dealThe Louvre has opened a point to in Tehran billed as the first large-scale exhibition by a major western museum in the country,as French cultural diplomacy thrives despite tensions between Iran and Europe over the nuclear deal.
The exhibition at Iran’s national museum, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary, or features 50 artworks,including a 2400-year-old Egyptian sphinx, a bust of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, and Iranian artefacts and drawings by western artists including Rembrandt and Delacroix.
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Source: guardian.co.uk