Export of handicrafts from Zanjan surpasses $1.3m

TEHRAN - Handicraft products worth more than $1.3 million were exported from Zanjan province in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended March 19).

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One of the traditions of Ancient Persia is handicrafts, which are preserved in the culture of the nation and passed on from generation to generation. 

Over 1,000 crafters in Kerman benefit from rural insurance

TEHRAN - The deputy director of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department of Kerman Province has said that 1,082 artisans working in the field of handicraft were introduced last Iranian year (ended March 19) to benefit from rural and nomadic insurance.

10,000 sq meters of traditional cloth handcrafted in Iranian village monthly

TEHRAN – Weavers in the northeastern Iranian village of Rueen produce some 10,000 square meters of traditional cloth within a month. The village is famed as a hub of traditional textile in the country.

Iranian handicrafts enhance sense of aesthetics in interior design

TEHRAN – Using Iranian handicrafts in the interior design of houses creates a sense of aesthetics, while boosting sales of handicrafts, the deputy tourism minister has said.

Persian handicrafts: Gereh Chini

TEHRAN - “Gereh Chini”, literally meaning arranging the knots, is one of the traditional decorative and applicable handicrafts of Iran. It is the art of laying finely cut pieces of wood on a surface based on a specific design.

Dar ul-Funun has potential to turn into school of traditional arts: minister

TEHRAN – Dar ul-Funun, which is a symbol for the start of the modern education era in the country, holds the potential to be turned into a school of traditional arts, Iran’s tourism minister said on Sunday.

Persian handicrafts: traditional skill of making rings

TEHRAN – For millennia, metalworking is practiced in the Iranian plateau. And traditional ring making is amongst those. 

Persian handicrafts: Khos Duzi of Hormozgan

TEHRAN - Khos Duzi, a kind of traditional embroidery, is popular among rural areas of Hormozgan province, southern Iran.  

First ‘house of handicrafts’ makes debut in Alborz province

TEHRAN – A ‘house of handicrafts’, which according to cultural heritage officials is first of its kind in Alborz province, was officially inaugurated on Sunday in the city of Karaj, the capital of the northcentral Iranian province.

Varamin produces 70% of country’s glassware

TEHRAN-The craftspeople of Varamin, an ancient city in Tehran province, produce some 70 percent of Iran’s glassware and crystal, the local tourism chief has said. 

New educational approaches aimed to bring crafts prosperity 

TEHRAN – New approaches to educational contents in handicrafts are the key to the development of this sector during the next Iranian colander year 1400 (starts on March 20, 2021), deputy tourism minister has said.

Exhibit to highlight obsolete fields of handicrafts

EHRAN- A crafts competition and exhibition will put the spotlight on the lesser-practiced Iranian handicrafts, which are on the brink of extinction.

Arts of Namad-mali to be sponsored in northwestern Iran

TEHRAN - Namad-mali (literally meaning felt beating) will be revived and preserved across Ardebil province, provincial tourism chief announced on Wednesday.  

Online markets in Sistan-Baluchestan aim to promote handicrafts 

TEHRAN –While the sales of handicrafts in southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province has decreased due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, online markets try to boost sales, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said.  

Forgotten craft of weaving Chador Shab revived 

TEHRAN – The traditional craft of weaving Chador Shab, a kind of fabric with geometrical patterns, which had fallen into oblivion, has been revived in the northwestern province of Qazvin, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said.

Tourism ministry to help empower inmates

TEHRAN – The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Prisons, Security, and Corrective Measures Organization with the aim of creating jobs and making income for prisoners. 

Ilam province exports over $1m of handicrafts to Iraq

TEHRAN - Various handicraft products worth around $1.1 million have been exported to Iraq through the Mehran border, western Ilam province, during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20).

Disabled crafters to be supported for selling products 

TEHRAN – Virtual markets and online sales of handicrafts produced by the crafters with disabilities in the northwestern Qazvin province will be supported, the provincial tourism chief has said.

Tax exemption on handicrafts remains in force

TEHRAN – The tax exemption on producers of handicrafts and hand-woven carpets that had been planned to be removed is still in place, Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan announced on Monday, CHTN reported.

Some $1m paid to support crafters in Ilam province

TEHRAN- The Iranian government has paid more than 37 billion rials (about $1 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) in loans to 630 crafters in the western province of Ilam to protect them from impacts of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, CHTN reported. 

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Tourism ministry to support women-headed households 

TEHRAN – The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts plans to support women-headed households who are active in the field of handicrafts through giving them grants, deputy minister Pouya Mahmoudian said on Tuesday.

Three neglected crafts revived in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad

TEHRAN – Three fields of handicraft, which were obsolete in the southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, have recently been revived, CHTN reported on Monday.

Over 6,500 crafters trained in Hamedan in a year

TEHRAN – A total of 6,560 crafters were trained in the west-central province of Hamedan by taking courses on handicrafts during the last Iranian calendar year (ended March 19), provincial tourism chief has said.

Exports of handicrafts from Qazvin hit $6.3m in year

TEHRAN – Handicrafts exports from the northwestern province of Qazvin reached $6.3 million during the previous Iranian calendar year 1398 (ended March 20), CHTN reported.

Hormozgan exports $6m of handicrafts in year

TEHRAN – Handicrafts exports from Hormozgan province reached some $6 million during the previous Iranian calendar year 1398 (ended March 20), CHTN reported.

Six Iranian handicrafts receive National Seal of Excellence

TEHRAN – Some six high-quality works by artisans in north-central Semnan province have been awarded with the National Seal of Excellence, ISNA reported. 

Suitcase trade exports of handicrafts fetches Golestan province $308,000 in year

TEHRAN – Iran’s northern Golestan province earned some $308,000 from exporting handicrafts via suitcase trade (allowed for customs-free and tax-free transfer) mostly to the U.S. and Europe during the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 19).

Lorestan villagers, nomads active in handicraft industry 

TEHRAN – Some 20,000 rural and nomadic people in the western province of Lorestan are working in different fields of handicrafts, provincial tourism chief has said.