Iraqi President Abdul Latif Jameel Rashid on Thursday announced that Iraq recovered nine antiquities from the United States.


The pieces, which were previously smuggled out of the country, were handed over to the head of the Antiquities Authority, Laith Majid Hussein, during a meeting between Rashid, the Minister of Culture, and other officials.

The recovered artifacts include seven seals from the Babylonian and Mesopotamian civilizations, received from the New York Attorney's Office; two ivory pieces resembling human faces, obtained from the FBI; and a clay tablet from the Middle Babylonian period, handed over by the National Security Investigations Office.