According to the Encyclopedia Iranica, the Emperor made the gift in 1806. It was the first western keyboard instrument ever seen in Iran.
But it has never been seen since.
A Dutch musician is in Tehran, trying to track it down. Read on here.
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Nowadays, Western music is emerging in Iran, even in the form of groundbreaking musical messages about humanity:
http://subterraneanreview.blogspot.nl/2015/08/beethoven-in-iran.html