Plan underway to improve accessibility for disabled travelers, locals

TEHRAN – Iran’s Welfare Organization is encouraging initiatives to make disabled tourists more comfortable on vacations and to improve the quality of life for disabled locals.

Qeshm conference to bring ECO cultural envoys together

TEHRAN - The Persian Gulf island of Qeshm will be playing host to cultural envoys from the Economic Cooperation Organization, the director of ECO Cultural Institute said on Tuesday.

Qeshm to host intl. mat-weaving workshop

TEHRAN – An international workshop on professional mat-weaving skills opens today in the Persian Gulf island of Qeshm.

By Mahnaz Abdi

Free trade zones still far from objectives

Free trade zones, as defined by the World Bank, are small duty-free areas offering warehousing, storage, and distribution facilities for trade, transshipment, and re-export operations.