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Islamic Republic Demolished Parthian Bridge of Negin
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20 September 2007 |
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A section of Parthian Bridge of Negin before destruction Picture courtesy of CHN |
Edited by Shapour Sure-Pahlav
LONDON,
(CAIS) -- Islamic Republic under the guise of construction of a new bridge in
Shamim Yaar, one of the districts of Masjed Soleyman, have demolished 2200-year
old Parthian bridge of Negin. The ancient bridge was amongst the best preserved
and intact bridges of its type remained from Arsacid dynastic era (248 BCE-224
CE) in Iran-proper.
This news has been announced by Mojtaba
Gahstooni, the spokesman for the Khusestan’s Friends of the Cultural Heritage
Association (Tariana).
"The 60 meters in length was the best
survived Parthian water engineering example in the country, which was demolished
despite the 100-meter legal protection boundary, imposed by Khuzestan Province
Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization [KCHTO]" said
Gahstooni.
According to Gahstooni, the KCHTO
in 2005 initially announced a 700-meter protection boundary for this monument,
which was set and the Islamic regime’s Ministry of Roads and Transportation was
ordered to observe this and to keep their operations away from the announced area.
However, the boundary was reduced to 100 meters in 2006 by KCHTO possibly as
result of pressure from the regime in order to pave the way for its destruction and later
to claim that was an accident.
Shortage of fuel has been announced to be
the reason of delay in sending experts of KCHTO to prevent the monument from total
destruction; this is while the Islamic regime spends billions of dollars of the Iranian
wealth in Iraq and Lebanon.
Until this moment, neither KCHTO
experts nor the regime’s authorities have answered to the request for an
interview.
After 1979 Western-orchestrated Islamic Revolution in Iran, the ruling clerics who are of non-Iranian origin have been devoted themselves to destroy and erase all the pre-Islamic Iranian culture and civilisation, under the guise of construction projects.
The destruction of this Parthian bridge is one of the latest examples of Islamic regime's animosity towards Iran, Iranian nation and Iran's rich heritage.
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