Iran Carpet Industry

قالی ايرانى romanized.

Iran carpet industry.

فرش ايرانى romanized. A persian carpet persian. The rug industry is the country s second largest exporter but is now struggling. Ceo of zomorod mashhad carpet company.

Farš e irâni ˈfærʃe ʔiːɾɒːˈniː or persian rug persian. Iran s persian carpet industry fears having the rug pulled from under it by u s. Carpet weaving in persia dates back to the bronze age. Industry hit by sanctions and economic crisis.

Sanctions last year nearly 100 million worth of persian carpets were exported to the u s. Iran s carpet industry is likely to lose a major source of revenue when us sanctions banning the import of the persian carpets are implemented starting in two days an iranian industry expert said. Interview with mr hemayatkar. Iran s machine made carpet industry is facing another major problem in the currently very complex situation along with the recession in the world and severe economic turmoil.

Iran s storied carpet industry seeks revival with lifting of sanctions once the world s largest carpet exporter a nation famed for its weavers looks forward eagerly to selling once again to. The earliest surviving corpus of persian carpets come from the safavid dynasty 1501 1736 in the 16th century. However painted depictions prove a longer history of production. The export of hand woven carpets generates about 500 million annually for iran s economy with 20 percent of the total earned in the us market.

The persian carpet is a part of persian art and culture. After the lifting of. Hamid kargar president of iran s national carpet center said producers in the islamic republic are already making carpets with americans in mind and are hopeful that trade will resume next year. The us s unilateral and unilateral sanctions on iran s textile industry for the first time in the history of the two countries disputes.

Qâli ye irâni ɢɒːˈliːje ʔiːɾɒːˈniː also known as iranian carpet is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in iran historically known as persia for home.