Zendaya's ancient Iranian earrings stir debate over looted artefacts

At a recent promo event for Nolan's Odyssey, Zendaya wore three-thousand-year-old Iranian gold disc medallions. Euronews reports that experts said the pieces were likely looted and constituted an example of neocolonialism. The incident fed into a broader debate about cultural artifacts—one that also emerged separately when IShowSpeed wore a Zoroastrian symbol at the World Cup final, which drew its own discussion about Persian cultural identity.

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