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AFP: Iran has cut ties with The Louvre, a top official said on Monday, accusing the renowned Paris museum of violating a commitment made to a Tehran heritage body. "This organisation as of today will cease its cooperation with The Louvre for violating its commitment," Hamid Baghai, who heads Tehran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organisation, was quoted by the state television website as saying. "Based on our agreement, this museum should have sent us some artefacts in order to set up an exhibition here but for unknown reasons they have not," he added without elaborating. "In the cultural field, we do not accept that European countries look down on us," Baghai said, adding that "in this field the centres who carry the title of being scientific but act politically should be confronted." >>>