Hand woven with the finest materials including wool and silk, a single Persian rug can often take years and sometimes decades to create. A high-quality Iranian carpet can cost tens of thousands of ...

With fewer tourists coming and increasing difficulties in making international transactions, the centuries old market for Persian rugs made in Iran has collapsed leaving some weavers working for ...

By 2010, with concerns rising over Iran's nuclear program, the U.S. again banned Iranian-made Persian rugs. But in 2015, Iran struck a nuclear deal with world powers which greatly reduced and ...

Though influenced by Persian rugs, the Borchalo carpets produced ... He said: “Everyone knows about Iranian rugs and that still to this day is the global centre of handwoven rug production.” ...