[2] The Reza Abbasi Museum is home to a unique collection of Persian art dating back to the second millennium BC, from both the pre-Islamic and Islamic eras.

[3] The museum was officially opened in September 1977 under the guidance of Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi,[4] but was closed in November 1978.

Objects on display include artifacts made of baked clay, metal and stone from the pre historic times to pottery and metal objects, textile and lacquer painting, manuscripts and jewelry belonging to the Islamic period.

[1][5][6] In May 2015 various documents of the museum which were mostly communications with Shahbanu Farah Diba's office before the 1979 Islamic Revolution were burned.

The issue was revealed by Mehr News Agency in Tehran and created a lot of criticism in Persian-language media and social networks.