The Tomb of Cyrus at Pasragardae has been the subject of a number of controversies to date. The most recent one pertians to questionable “restoration” methods used by a local Iranian team led by Hassan Rahsaz. The latter was interviewed live along with Kaveh Farrokh in a televised debate in the Voice of America program “Meezgerd ba Shoma” (Roundtable with You) on December 29, 2008:

مصاحبه با دکتر کاوه فرخ و حسن راهساز درباره
وضعيت آرامگاه کورش در پاسارگاد

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Farrokh noted in the interview that the only way to resolve the debates, questions and doubts is to allow neutral 3rd party non-governmental archaeologists and Iranologists from inside of Iran and abroad to visit the site and examine it up close (i.e. Professor David Stronach, Professor Richard Nelson Frye, etc.).

All other pertinent issues are also discussed and revisited in the link below:

https://www.kavehfarrokh.com/articles/endangered-archaeological-sites/pasargarade-are-there-dangers-to-the-cyrus-tomb/

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  3. Article by Kaveh Farrokh and Taraneh Farhid on Achaemenid Era Edicts, Stele and the Cyrus Cylinder
  4. VOA interview with Kaveh Farrokh in New York
  5. Farrokh Lecture on Cyrus the Great in Washington DC Nov 3 2012
  6. Spanish Military History Journal Interview with Kaveh Farrokh
  7. Kaveh Farrokh interview: Sassanian Asvaran and Response to Eurocentrists
  8. Voice of America Interview October 29 2012
  9. Kaveh Farrokh Interview -Part Two: Eurocentricism and anti-Iran Revisionism
  10. Kaveh Farrokh on Voice of America December 20, 2008