The Silver Griffin that the U.S. Gave to Iranian President Rouhani Is a Fake Th…

The Silver Griffin that the U.S. Gave to Iranian President Rouhani Is a Fake

The ‘ancient’ griffin—given by the U.S. to Iranian President Rouhani—probably doesn’t date back to earlier than 1999

The Silver Griffin that the U.S. Gave to Iranian President Rouhani Is a Fake
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Sometimes an ancient artifact symbolizes more than its admirers necessarily imagine. Take for example the silver griffin that was returned by the United States to Iran as a gesture of respect and—at least according to tea-leaf readers—a sign of an emerging thaw between the two nations. Thereâ…