In order to familiarize tourists with the hand arts of every city, Iran will be setting up road signs carrying their names across the country.Read More
Iran’s handicrafts exports reached $190 million in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2018), showing 11 percent growth year on year. Exports of handicrafts fetched over $190 million during the first nine months of the year, an increase of 11 percent compared to the same period last year,...Read More
Kermanshah province’s cultural heritage department is scheduled to hold a four-day national craft workshop from January 8 to 11, 2019. The event will be held at Kermanshah Parsian Hotel, provincial tourism chief Parvaneh Heydari said, CHTN reported. The workshop will cover enamel and needlework among other local skills, she said. Dozens of Iranian handicrafts have...Read More
Iranian artists will showcase handicrafts and souvenirs from various provinces in an exhibition to be held for the first time in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. According to the Public Relations Department of the Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism of Kurdistan province, this specialized exhibition will be held for ten days in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan...Read More
Three handicrafts of Sistan and Baluchestan Province received the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) prizes, said director general of the provincial cultural heritage, handicrafts and tourism department. “The artworks are the three unique personal styles of two folk embroideries named after the local artists Maryam Ghaderi, Farangis Jamalzehi, and Gol-Bibi Jamalzehi,” said...Read More
Some 75 percent of Iranian handicrafts are produced by females, said Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president for women’s and family affairs. The administration is following up on plans aiming to give women wider roles in tourism sector, Ebtekar added, addressing the closing ceremony of a handicrafts exhibit in the city of Mashhad on Sunday. In addition...Read More
