TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s famed carpet weavers are busy at work following the country’s historic nuclear deal with world powers, anticipating a boost in exports as sanctions are set to be lifted in the ...

Iran National Carpet Centre has inked a deal with the Lebanese Union of Handmade Carpet Traders for developing Lebanon as a centre for exporting handmade carpets to western Middle East and northern ...

Iranian carpets are works of great craftsmanship. But with souring US relations and fewer Iranians prepared for the hard toil and low pay, the historic industry is in danger of decline. Persian rugs ...

One of Iran’s most famous export industries is warning of disaster when American sanctions snap back into place next month. The country’s carpet making industry employs hundreds of thousands of ...

Iran’s economic troubles are well documented. In Tehran there is renewed hope that newly elected president Hassan Rouhani can ease Western sanctions and spark a turnaround in the failing economy.