Iran pulls the plug on Tehran art exhibition in Berlin

Authorities block release of famous artworks unseeen in the west for years, forcing Gemälde Galerie to postpone exhibition indefinitelyAn exhibition of artworks from Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art which was due to open in Berlin next month has been indefinitely postponed because the Iranian authorities have failed to allow the paintings to leave the country.
Ticket sales for the event – which had been hailed as a sign of a deepening cultural dialogue between Iran and the we