Louvre in Tehran Extended

The exhibition 'Louvre in Tehran', currently underway at National Museum of Iran, has been extended until July 30, an official at Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization said.
The event, which puts on show over 50 artifacts belonging to ancient civilizations of Western Asia, Europe and North Africa, had initially been scheduled for March 5 to June 8.
However, by the consent of the head of Louvre Museum in France and Iranian heritage authorities, the exhibition will run 50 more days in Tehran, CHTN quoted Mohammad Hasan Talebian, deputy for cultural heritage at ICHHTO as saying.