Shafaq " The Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq in Washington,…

Samir Sumaida'ie, received 16 pieces of relics which are clay tablets and an antique necklace that had entered the U.S. illegally . The Ambassador received them after they had been confiscated by the FIA ​​and the Ministry of National Security the U.S." The Foreign Ministry statement which Shafaq received a copy of, mentioned.
Iraq had regained more than 25 thousand artifacts stolen from the museums and archaeological sites across the country after 2003.  Seven thousand out of 15 thousand pieces were  stolen from the National Museum, and 18 thousand pieces were stolen from the archaeological sites throughout Iraq.