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about to be added to insult. Strachman said he will move to translate the
judge's ruling into cash for his clients. "Shortly, we are going to be
asking for a judicial sale for the purpose of raising funds to satisfy the
judgment," quoted Chicago Tribune as Strachman saying.

Charles Miller, a spokesman for the US Department of Justice, said, "We are
reviewing the courts' ruling."

This is while, in several recent cases involving US citizens and foreign
nations, the Department of Justice intervened and claimed the national
interest is better served if such disputes are resolved through diplomatic
negotiations rather than legal suit, an argument revived in the University
of Chicago case. 

By following the case, Iran's government is trying to prove its ownership
over these relics and return them to their homeland at any price. Iran's
Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki warned that if the US denies Iran's
rights to its properties and asserts to satisfy judgments by the Federal
Court, Tehran will reciprocate the action.

According to Iran's state news agency, IRNA, Mottaki gave assurances that
all the Iranian centers active in the business have placed the affair on
their agenda and will follow it. Condemning this decision taken by the
court, Mottaki said: "Americans have committed an anti-cultural measure by
issuing the recent rulings," adding that Iran would naturally follow up the
case in UNESCO and other related organizations. 

"True, a ruling has been issued and has not yet gone into the stage of
enforcement, but on the whole, it marks an indecent cultural move taken by
the U.S," said Mottaki.

Anyway, it seems this unjust decision which has been made by the United
States Federal Court, will not only worsen the current political tension but
also will result in more cultural chaos. By permitting the court to auction
some of the most invaluable Persian historical relics, which are considered
as part of the Persian identity and its cultural heritage, and insulting the
national feeling of more than 70 million people who enjoy one of the most
ancient civilizations in the world, the United States, who claims it is the
sole protector of justice and respects the cultural values of all nations,
who also claims it does not have any problem with the people of Iran, but
with the government alone, will violate all the ethical rules.

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