Persian Carpet

After a two-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 29th Iran Handmade Carpet Exhibition opened at Tehran’s International Permanent Fairground on Aug. 22. Around 400 producers of handmade…

Four hand-woven Persian carpets with a total area of 2,000 square meters have been exported to the UAE. “These carpets were woven in Tabriz, the provincial capital of East Azarbaijan, over…

The specialized commission for carpets, handicrafts and tourism of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives is petitioning the government to repeal the Central Bank of Iran’s export revenue repatriation…

A total of $64 million worth of handmade carpets were exported from Iran in the fiscal 2021-22, registering a 10% decline compared with the year before, according to the head of Iran National…

Iran’s handmade carper exports are expected to reach $50 million by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2022), says Morteza Miri, a member of Handmade Carpet Manufacturers and…

Hand-woven rugs worth $5 million were exported from Iran during the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), says a member of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines…

Handmade carpet exports stood at 366.9 tons worth $4.8 million in the first two months of fiscal 2021-22 (March 21-May 21), registering a 275.1% and 84% growth in weight and value respectively…

A trilateral memorandum of understanding has been signed by Omid Entrepreneurship Fund, Iran’s National Carpet Center and the private sector for generating sustainable jobs and lending support…

Iran is looking to finalize a plan based on which identification documents will be issued for hand-woven Persian carpets by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2021), the head of Iran…

A total of $50 million worth of hand-woven carpets were exported in the last Iranian year (March 2019-20), registering a 90% decline compared with the previous year.  In fact, last year…

Iran exported $40 million worth of hand-woven carpets in the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21, 2019). The export volume is a 10th of last year’s figure,…

A total of $30 million worth of hand-woven carpets were exported from Iran during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21- Oct. 22), the head of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives…

Plans are underway to establish a barter system to trade Persian hand-woven carpets for other commodities, says Fereshteh Dastpak, the head of Iran National Carpet Center. She noted that major…

Iran exported $100 million worth of hand-woven carpets during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22), registering an increase of 21.7% in value compared to last year…

Tehran sold $126 million worth of Persian rugs to the American market last year, but the new US sanctions on Iran have targeted the hand-woven carpets.

But the beautiful rugs are more…

India is currently posing the main challenge to Persian hand-woven carpets, as the country has captured part of the world markets previously dominated by Iran, the chairman of Iran National…

Iran exported $336 million worth of hand-woven carpets to about 80 countries during the 10 months to Jan. 20, registering an increase of 21% compared with last year’s corresponding period.

Close to 1,500 tons of hand-woven carpets worth more than $119 million were exported from Iran in the five months to Aug. 22, the head of Iran National Carpet Center announced.

Iran is one of the oldest producers and the biggest trader of hand-woven carpets worldwide.

Some 4,400 tons of Persian hand-woven carpets worth $275 million were exported from Iran during the 10 months to January 19, registering a 19% rise compared with the corresponding period of last…

About $167 million worth of Persian hand-woven carpets were exported to 80 countries during the seven months to October 21, the head of Iran's National Carpet Center said.

"The biggest…